CVE-2014-8158

Public on 2015-01-26

Modified on 2015-02-11

Description

An unrestricted stack memory use flaw was found in the way JasPer decoded JPEG 2000 image files. A specially crafted file could cause an application using JasPer to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

5.1

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	jasper	2015-02-11 19:37	ALAS-2015-479

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv2	5.1	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD	CVSSv2	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Red Hat: CVE-2014-8158 Mitre: CVE-2014-8158 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity