CVE-2014-8158

critical

Published 2015-01-26 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.8

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in jpc_qmfb.c in JasPer 1.900.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG 2000 image.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
arch		fixed	`1.900.5-1`
suse	13.1	affected
suse	13.2	affected
debian	7.0	affected
rhel	6.0	affected
rhel	7.0	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
jasper_project	jasper	`{"endIncluding":"1.900.1"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.