Fedora 37 update for mingw-jasper



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-2963
CWE-ID CWE-401
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

mingw-jasper
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU68550

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2963

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the cmdopts_parse() function. A local user can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 37

mingw-jasper: before 3.0.6-2.fc37

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-b38fbc239b


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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



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