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Debian: CVE-2016-1577: jasper -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-1577: jasper -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/06/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/08/2016
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

Double free vulnerability in the jas_iccattrval_destroy function in JasPer 1.900.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ICC color profile in a JPEG 2000 image file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-8137.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-jasper

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