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CVE-2016-10250 (GCVE-0-2016-10250)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-15 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:14
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Summary
The jp2_colr_destroy function in jp2_cod.c in JasPer before 1.900.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by leveraging incorrect cleanup of JP2 box data on error. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8887.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2016-10-23 00:00
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