CVE-2018-19139
jasper: memory leak of data allocated in jpc_unk_getparms() after abort in jpc_dec_process_sot()
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
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 · 3.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption