Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201501-23
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Severity: Critical
Date    : 2015-01-27
CVE-ID  : CVE-2014-8157 CVE-2014-8158
Package : jasper
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
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The package jasper before version 1.900.1-13 is vulnerable to heap and
stack based buffer overflows leading to arbitrary code execution.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 1.900.1-13.

# pacman -Syu "jasper>=1.900.1-13"

The problems have not been fixed upstream but patches were applied.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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- CVE-2014-8157 (arbitrary code execution)

Off-by-one error in the jpc_dec_process_sot function allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute
arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG 2000 image, which triggers a
heap-based buffer overflow.

- CVE-2014-8158 (arbitrary code execution)

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in jpc_qmfb.c allow remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute
arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG 2000 image.

Impact
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A remote attacker is able to create a specially crafted JPEG 2000 image
that is leading to arbitrary code execution.

References
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https://ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-001.html
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/43592
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-8157
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-8158