CVE-2017-6850

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2017-6850 · Published 15/03/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-6850 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting jasper (jasper project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.8%, higher than 78.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
jasper jasper_project	`≤ 2.0.12`	No fix yet

Description

The jp2_cdef_destroy function in jp2_cod.c in JasPer before 2.0.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted image.

References

blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/01/25/jasper-null-pointer-dereference-in-jp2_cdef_destroy-jp2_cod-c · Patch
mdadams/jasper commit e96fc4f · Issue Tracking
mdadams/jasper · Issue Tracking
usn.ubuntu.com/3693-1

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

jasper

jasper_project

≤ 2.0.12

No fix yet

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