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Ubuntu: USN-4688-1 (CVE-2020-27828): JasPer vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4688-1 (CVE-2020-27828): JasPer vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/11/2020
Created
01/15/2021
Added
01/12/2021
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

There's a flaw in jasper's jpc encoder in versions prior to 2.0.23. Crafted input provided to jasper by an attacker could cause an arbitrary out-of-bounds write. This could potentially affect data confidentiality, integrity, or application availability.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libjasper1

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