JasPer 2.0.12 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer exception in the function jp2_encode which failed to check to see if the image contained at least one component resulting in a denial-of-service.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2017-1000050 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.5 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | High |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (jasper) | RHSA-2018:3253 | 2018-10-30 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | jasper | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | netpbm | Not affected |
| RHEV Manager 3 | mingw-virt-viewer | Will not fix |
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