Vulnerability identifier: #VU33529

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5203

CWE-ID: CWE-415

Exploitation vector: Local

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Double free vulnerability in the jasper_image_stop_load function in JasPer 1.900.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted JPEG 2000 image file.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

External links
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00010.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00018.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00064.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/16/2
http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254242
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00023.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QIZNTZDXOJR5BTRZKCS3GVHVZV2PWHH/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AXWV22WGSQFDRPE7G6ECGP3QXS2V2A2M/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UNLVBZWDEXZCFWOBZ3YVEQINMRBRX5QV/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-07
http://usn.ubuntu.com/3693-1/

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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.