CVE-2021-3443

jasper: NULL pointer dereference in jp2_decode() in jp2_dec.c

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · March 12, 2021

Updated · January 22, 2026

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way Jasper versions before 2.0.27 handled component references in the JP2 image format decoder. A specially crafted JP2 image file could cause an application using the Jasper library to crash when opened.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference