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CVE-2014-8137 json

Double free vulnerability in the jas_iccattrval_destroy function in JasPer 1.900.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…

published 2014-12-24 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-7980

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
14.5%
EPSS 14.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Double free vulnerability in the jas_iccattrval_destroy 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 ICC color profile in a JPEG 2000 image file.

Patch / fix

  • jasper Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.900.1-14ubuntu3.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8137

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  • rhev-hypervisor6 RHEL 6 6.7-20150828.0.el6ev
  • rhev-hypervisor7 RHEL 6 7.1-20150827.1.el6ev
  • rhev-hypervisor7 RHEL 7 7.1-20150827.1.el7ev
  • rhevm-spice-client rhev manager 3 3.5-3.el6
  • rhevm-spice-client-x64-cab rhev manager 3 3.5-3.el6
  • rhevm-spice-client-x64-msi rhev manager 3 3.5-3.el6
  • rhevm-spice-client-x86-cab rhev manager 3 3.5-3.el6
  • rhevm-spice-client-x86-msi rhev manager 3 3.5-3.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:1713RHSA-2015:0698RHSA-2014:2021

  • jasper openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.900.14-3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10281-1

  • jasper Arch Linux 1.900.5-1

arch linux advisories AVG-99

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-8137 updated cvss 5.1

jasper: double-free in in jas_iccattrval_destroy() (oCERT-2014-012)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-26.el7_0.2, jasper-libs 1.900.1-26.el7_0.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-26.el7_0.2, jasper-utils 1.900.1-26.el7_0.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-26.el7_0.2, jasper-libs 1.900.1-26.el7_0.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-26.el7_0.2, jasper-utils 1.900.1-26.el7_0.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) jasper 1.900.1-16.el6_6.2, jasper-libs 1.900.1-16.el6_6.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) jasper-utils 1.900.1-16.el6_6.2
    +10 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) jasper 1.900.1-16.el6_6.2, jasper-libs 1.900.1-16.el6_6.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) jasper 1.900.1-16.el6_6.2, jasper-utils 1.900.1-16.el6_6.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) jasper 1.900.1-16.el6_6.2, jasper-libs 1.900.1-16.el6_6.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-26.el7_0.2, jasper-libs 1.900.1-26.el7_0.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) jasper-utils 1.900.1-16.el6_6.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-26.el7_0.2, jasper-utils 1.900.1-26.el7_0.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) jasper 1.900.1-16.el6_6.2, jasper-libs 1.900.1-16.el6_6.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-26.el7_0.2, jasper-libs 1.900.1-26.el7_0.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) jasper-utils 1.900.1-16.el6_6.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-26.el7_0.2, jasper-utils 1.900.1-26.el7_0.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:2021
  • Red Hat RHEL 7-based RHEV-H rhev-hypervisor7 7.1-20150827.1.el7ev Red Hat RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 rhev-hypervisor6 6.7-20150828.0.el6ev, rhev-hypervisor7 7.1-20150827.1.el6ev
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1713
  • Red Hat RHEV-M 3.5 rhevm-spice-client 3.5-3.el6, rhevm-spice-client-x64-cab 3.5-3.el6, rhevm-spice-client-x64-msi 3.5-3.el6, rhevm-spice-client-x86-cab 3.5-3.el6, rhevm-spice-client-x86-msi 3.5-3.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0698
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 netpbm
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

14.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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