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CVE-2018-19139

jasper: memory leak of data allocated in jpc_unk_getparms() after abort in jpc_dec_process_sot()

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · November 9, 2018

Updated · October 16, 2026

Description

A vulnerability was found in JasPer where a memory leak occurs in jas_malloc.c when called from jpc_unk_getparms in jpc_cs.c where, an attacker could exploit this flaw by persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, causing excessive memory consumption and eventually crashing the application.

Statement

This vulnerability was rated as LOW severity because it requires a specially crafted file to exploit, leading to a memory leak. While it doesn't cause immediate security compromise, it can cause the application to crash due to excessive memory usage.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption