SB2017091542 - Fedora 26 update for jasper
Published: September 15, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017091542
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000050)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer exception in the function jp2_encode which failed to check to see if the image contained at least one component. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted input and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.