What is CVE-2021-3443?

CVE-2021-3443 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jasper Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-03-25.

How severe is CVE-2021-3443?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Jasper Project

CVE-2021-3443

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way Jasper versions before 2.0.27 handled component references in the JP2 image format decoder. A specially crafted JP2 image file could cause an application using the Jasper library to crash when opened.

EPSS: 0.008 (51.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Jasper_project Jasper
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 33
Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 6.0, 7.0, 8.0
N/a Jasper — versions jasper 2.0.27

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-3443?: CVE-2021-3443 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jasper Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-03-25.
How severe is CVE-2021-3443?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.