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Debian: CVE-2016-8691: jasper -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-8691: jasper -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/04/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/11/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

The jpc_dec_process_siz function in libjasper/jpc/jpc_dec.c in JasPer before 1.900.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted XRsiz value in a BMP image to the imginfo command.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-jasper

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