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CVE-2015-8751

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-02-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

Integer overflow in the jas_matrix_create function in JasPer allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted JPEG 2000 image, related to integer multiplication for memory allocation.

Affected products

• jasper: before 1.900.4 — fixed in 1.900.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: jasper 1.900.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/10
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/08/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/11/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80035
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1294039
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re28d4c3c5b77138de47bf5b2ad04886d9104eb74ae3594e5f7254318%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf15130c7b5f703664ce57a97934ffb8cc6065cbb1bf678dca8651519%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/10
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/08/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/11/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80035
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1294039

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