CVE-2014-8138
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 18.5%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in the jp2_decode 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 file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 18.5% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-7981)
- Published
- December 24, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-7981 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- jasper project / jasper
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0539.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00017.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129660/JasPer-1.900.1-Double-Free-Heap-Overflow.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-2021.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0698.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1713.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61747
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62311
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62615
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62619
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3106
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:012
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:159
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71746
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033459
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2015&m=slackware-security.538606
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2483-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2483-2
- https://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-012.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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