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Medium ALSA-2021:4235 4 CVEs

Moderate: jasper security update

Published Nov 9, 2021 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

JasPer is an implementation of Part 1 of the JPEG 2000 image compression standard.

Security Fix(es):

* jasper: Heap-based buffer overflow in cp_create() in jpc_enc.c (CVE-2020-27828)

* jasper: Heap-based buffer over-read in jp2_decode() in jp2_dec.c (CVE-2021-3272)

* jasper: Out of bounds read in jp2_decode() in jp2_dec.c (CVE-2021-26926)

* jasper: NULL pointer dereference in jp2_decode() in jp2_dec.c (CVE-2021-26927)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 jasper-devel 2.0.14-5.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 jasper-libs 2.0.14-5.el8

Vulnerabilities 4

References

  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-27828
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-26926
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-26927
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-3272