CVE-2015-5221
Use-after-free vulnerability in the mif_process_cmpt function in libjasper/mif/mif_cod.c in the JasPer JPEG-2000 library before 1.900.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via
02 Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the mif_process_cmpt function in libjasper/mif/mif_cod.c in the JasPer JPEG-2000 library before 1.900.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-07-25 18:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 06:41Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-07-01
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 449708d577019f228d5d2176c75236cf57f7e546c9a9cf2a1e14296d2a46dd25
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20181121 [SECURITY] [DLA 1583-1] jasper security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00023.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150820 Use-after-free (and double-free) in Jasper JPEG-200 (CVE-2015-5221)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/4
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-bbecf64af4https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AXWV22WGSQFDRPE7G6ECGP3QXS2V2A2M/
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1208https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2737http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00018.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/df5d2867e8004e51e18b89865bc4aa69229227b3
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-7776983633https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UNLVBZWDEXZCFWOBZ3YVEQINMRBRX5QV/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2722http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00010.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255710
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-9b17661de5https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QIZNTZDXOJR5BTRZKCS3GVHVZV2PWHH/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3693-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3693-1/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2833http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00064.html
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- jasper Fixed in 1.900.5-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- jasper Fixed in 1.900.1-14ubuntu3.5
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- jasper Fixed in 1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.