CVE-2017-6850

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-01-25
CWE:
CWE-476
Bugzilla:
1434458: CVE-2017-6850 jasper: uninitialized pointer use in jp2_cdef_destroy()

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2017-6850 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 5.1
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 jasper Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 jasper Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 netpbm Not affected
RHEV Manager 3 mingw-virt-viewer Not affected

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