CVE-2007-2721

Publication date 16 May 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

The jpc_qcx_getcompparms function in jpc/jpc_cs.c for the JasPer JPEG-2000 library (libjasper) before 1.900 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly corrupt the heap via malformed image files, as originally demonstrated using imagemagick convert.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ghostscript 7.10 gutsy
Fixed 8.61.dfsg.1~svn8187-0ubuntu3
gs-gpl 7.04 feisty
Fixed 8.54.dfsg.1-5ubuntu0.1
6.10 edgy
Fixed 8.50-1.1ubuntu1.1
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected
jasper 7.04 feisty
Fixed 1.701.0-2ubuntu0.7.04
6.10 edgy
Fixed 1.701.0-2ubuntu0.6.10
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 1.701.0-2ubuntu0.6.06

Notes

kees

http://ghostscript.com/pipermail/gs-cvs/2007-October/007877.html

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-501-2
    • Ghostscript vulnerability
    • 22 October 2007
    • USN-501-1
    • jasper vulnerability
    • 21 August 2007

Other references