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MEDIUM CVSS 3.0
CVE-2015-5221
JasPer JPEG-2000 Use-after-free Crash
Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the mif_process_cmpt function in libjasper/mif/mif_cod.c in the JasPer JPEG-2000 library before 1.900.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted JPEG 2000 image file.

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Published Date :

July 25, 2017, 6:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 20, 2025, 1:37 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-5221 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Opensuse leap
2 Opensuse opensuse
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Jasper_project jasper
1 Opensuse_project leap
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 5
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
A vulnerability in the JasPer JPEG-2000 library allows for a denial of service.
  • Update the JasPer library.
  • Apply the appropriate patch based on your operating system.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2015-5221 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2015-5221.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00018.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00064.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255710 Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/df5d2867e8004e51e18b89865bc4aa69229227b3 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00023.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QIZNTZDXOJR5BTRZKCS3GVHVZV2PWHH/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AXWV22WGSQFDRPE7G6ECGP3QXS2V2A2M/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UNLVBZWDEXZCFWOBZ3YVEQINMRBRX5QV/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3693-1/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00018.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00064.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255710 Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/df5d2867e8004e51e18b89865bc4aa69229227b3 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00023.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QIZNTZDXOJR5BTRZKCS3GVHVZV2PWHH/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AXWV22WGSQFDRPE7G6ECGP3QXS2V2A2M/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UNLVBZWDEXZCFWOBZ3YVEQINMRBRX5QV/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3693-1/
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-5221 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-5221 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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montyly/gueb

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Python Makefile OCaml

Updated: 1 month ago
236 stars 48 fork 48 watcher
Born at : Oct. 24, 2015, 3:49 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-5221 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-5221 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00010.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00018.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00064.html
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/4
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255710
    Added Reference https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/df5d2867e8004e51e18b89865bc4aa69229227b3
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00023.html
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QIZNTZDXOJR5BTRZKCS3GVHVZV2PWHH/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AXWV22WGSQFDRPE7G6ECGP3QXS2V2A2M/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UNLVBZWDEXZCFWOBZ3YVEQINMRBRX5QV/
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3693-1/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AXWV22WGSQFDRPE7G6ECGP3QXS2V2A2M/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UNLVBZWDEXZCFWOBZ3YVEQINMRBRX5QV/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QIZNTZDXOJR5BTRZKCS3GVHVZV2PWHH/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UNLVBZWDEXZCFWOBZ3YVEQINMRBRX5QV/
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AXWV22WGSQFDRPE7G6ECGP3QXS2V2A2M/
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3QIZNTZDXOJR5BTRZKCS3GVHVZV2PWHH/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 22, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00023.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 29, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3693-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 28, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3QIZNTZDXOJR5BTRZKCS3GVHVZV2PWHH/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3QIZNTZDXOJR5BTRZKCS3GVHVZV2PWHH/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00064.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00064.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/4 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/df5d2867e8004e51e18b89865bc4aa69229227b3 No Types Assigned https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/df5d2867e8004e51e18b89865bc4aa69229227b3 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00010.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AXWV22WGSQFDRPE7G6ECGP3QXS2V2A2M/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AXWV22WGSQFDRPE7G6ECGP3QXS2V2A2M/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255710 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255710 Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00018.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00018.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UNLVBZWDEXZCFWOBZ3YVEQINMRBRX5QV/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UNLVBZWDEXZCFWOBZ3YVEQINMRBRX5QV/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-416
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:jasper_project:jasper:1.900.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 4.3
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.23 }} 0.09%

score

0.45653

percentile