Memory leak in jasper (Alpine package)

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU33253

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5 [AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2116

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the jas_iccprof_createfrombuf function in JasPer 1.900.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ICC color profile in a JPEG 2000 image file. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

jasper (Alpine package): 1.900.1-r11 - 1.900.1-r12

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:alpine:jasper_alpine_package:1.900.1-r11:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:alpine:jasper_alpine_package:1.900.1-r12:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:

External links

http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=9d20dfb4b70c35a10a26afd2ddfb7f487ee2eeb9
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=5cb610fc7996f6d7ddcdffd54f62c2adc184be7a
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=e8da5230ad1d093c3862cca920ceec95b812f23d
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=81be3fe3c463ee04af98ce512eeb4953800941b9
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=aad6049e893525da6da4ffa07329f4fe1377b55c
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=0d073f6c289592065b773cef9b13f0559dd4d58e
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=244e4d797e740c7fedf8e3e9df9d9d85859b11b4

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.