Bug 1658791 (CVE-2018-19542) - CVE-2018-19542 jasper: invalid access in jp2_decode in libjasper/jp2/jp2_dec.c
Summary: CVE-2018-19542 jasper: invalid access in jp2_decode in libjasper/jp2/jp2_dec.c
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2018-19542
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1658792 1658793 1658794 1660966 1660971 1660976
Blocks: 1658799
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Reported: 2018-12-12 20:50 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2021-10-27 03:21 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2021-10-27 03:21:58 UTC
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-12-12 20:50:49 UTC 
An issue was discovered in JasPer 2.0.14. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function jp2_decode in libjasper/jp2/jp2_dec.c, leading to a denial of service. 


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https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/issues/182
Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-12-12 20:51:14 UTC 
Created jasper tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1658792]


Created mingw-jasper tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1658794]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1658793]
Comment 2 Stefan Cornelius 2018-12-19 16:59:06 UTC 
Not really a NULL ptr deref, but it can end up using garbage memory and the outcome can look like it is
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