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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-2721 Detail

Description

The jpc_qcx_getcompparms function in jpc/jpc_cs.c for the JasPer JPEG-2000 library (libjasper) before 1.900 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly corrupt the heap via malformed image files, as originally demonstrated using imagemagick convert.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (10/23/2007)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect versions of ghostscript as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4 or 5 as they do not include a bundled JasPer library.

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=413033 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Vendor Advisory 
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=413041 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Vendor Advisory 
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=413041%3Bmsg=88 CVE, MITRE
http://osvdb.org/36137 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25287 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25703 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/26516 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27319 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27489 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/39505 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2036 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:129 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:208 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:209 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:142 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:164 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0012.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24052 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-501-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-501-2 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0912 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9397 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-2721
NVD Published Date:
05/16/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE