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CVE-2014-8157 in the critical feed json

Off-by-one error in the jpc_dec_process_sot function in JasPer 1.900.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (cr…

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-7998

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
16.9%
EPSS 16.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Off-by-one error in the jpc_dec_process_sot 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 JPEG 2000 image, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Patch / fix

  • jasper Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.900.1-14ubuntu3.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8157

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • 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
  • jasper RHEL 6 1.900.1-16.el6_6.3
  • jasper RHEL 7 1.900.1-26.el7_0.3
  • jasper-libs RHEL 6 1.900.1-16.el6_6.3

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:0698RHSA-2015:0074

  • jasper SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +1 more 1.900.1-170.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:0288-1

  • 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

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2014-8157 updated cvss 5.1

jasper: dec->numtiles off-by-one check in jpc_dec_process_sot() (oCERT-2015-001)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 netpbm
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-26.el7_0.3, jasper-libs 1.900.1-26.el7_0.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-26.el7_0.3, jasper-utils 1.900.1-26.el7_0.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-26.el7_0.3, jasper-libs 1.900.1-26.el7_0.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-26.el7_0.3, jasper-utils 1.900.1-26.el7_0.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) jasper 1.900.1-16.el6_6.3, jasper-libs 1.900.1-16.el6_6.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) jasper-utils 1.900.1-16.el6_6.3
    +10 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) jasper 1.900.1-16.el6_6.3, jasper-libs 1.900.1-16.el6_6.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) jasper 1.900.1-16.el6_6.3, jasper-utils 1.900.1-16.el6_6.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) jasper 1.900.1-16.el6_6.3, jasper-libs 1.900.1-16.el6_6.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-26.el7_0.3, jasper-libs 1.900.1-26.el7_0.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) jasper-utils 1.900.1-16.el6_6.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-26.el7_0.3, jasper-utils 1.900.1-26.el7_0.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) jasper 1.900.1-16.el6_6.3, jasper-libs 1.900.1-16.el6_6.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-26.el7_0.3, jasper-libs 1.900.1-26.el7_0.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) jasper-utils 1.900.1-16.el6_6.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-26.el7_0.3, jasper-utils 1.900.1-26.el7_0.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0074
  • 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 CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

16.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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