USN-2919-1

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    USN-2919-1

    Published: 3 Mar 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: jasper vulnerabilities

    Details: Jacob Baines discovered that JasPer incorrectly handled ICC color profiles in JPEG-2000 image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted JPEG-2000 image file, a remote attacker could cause JasPer to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2016-1577) Tyler Hicks discovered that JasPer incorrectly handled memory when processing JPEG-2000 image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted JPEG-2000 image file, a remote attacker could cause JasPer to consume memory, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-2116)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2919-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1577, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2116

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: jasper

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.900.1-14ubuntu3.3

    Affected versions

    1.900.1-14
    1.900.1-14ubuntu3
    1.900.1-14ubuntu3.1
    1.900.1-14ubuntu3.2

    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