MGASA-2015-0038

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / MGASA-2015-0038

    MGASA-2015-0038

    Published: 24 Jan 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated jasper packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: Updated jasper packages fix security vulnerabilities: An off-by-one flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way JasPer decoded JPEG 2000 image files. A specially crafted file could cause an application using JasPer to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code (CVE-2014-8157). An unrestricted stack memory use flaw was found in the way JasPer decoded JPEG 2000 image files. A specially crafted file could cause an application using JasPer to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code (CVE-2014-8158).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0038.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15122, http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-001.html, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0074.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: jasper

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/jasper?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.900.1-15.3.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High