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CVE-2014-8138

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 18.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-12-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the jp2_decode 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 JPEG 2000 file.

Affected products

• jasper: 1.900.1
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 6.0, 7.0

References

• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0539.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00013.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00014.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00017.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129660/JasPer-1.900.1-Double-Free-Heap-Overflow.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-2021.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0698.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1713.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61747
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62311
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62615
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62619

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