CVE-2018-19542
mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.019 · 80 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in JasPer 2.0.14. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function jp2_decode in libjasper/jp2/jp2_dec.c, leading to a denial of service.
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affected products (21)
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references (20)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00004.htmlcnnvd
- https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/issues/182cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00003.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160897/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-4688-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2018/CVE-2018-19542.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/79638cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2019.3679/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.0096/cnnvd
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