This update for jasper to version 1.900.14 fixes several issues.
These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2016-8887: NULL pointer dereference in jp2colrdestroy (jp2cod.c) (bsc#1006836) - CVE-2016-8886: memory allocation failure in jasmalloc (jasmalloc.c) (bsc#1006599) - CVE-2016-8884,CVE-2016-8885: two null pointer dereferences in bmpgetdata (incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8690) (bsc#1007009) - CVE-2016-8883: assert in jpcdectiledecode() (bsc#1006598) - CVE-2016-8882: segfault / null pointer access in jpcpidestroy (bsc#1006597) - CVE-2016-8881: Heap overflow in jpcgetuint16() (bsc#1006593) - CVE-2016-8880: Heap overflow in jpcdeccpsetfromcox() (bsc#1006591) - CVE-2016-8693 Double free vulnerability in memclose (bsc#1005242) - CVE-2016-8691, CVE-2016-8692: Divide by zero in jpcdecprocesssiz (bsc#1005090) - CVE-2016-8690: Null pointer dereference in bmpgetdata triggered by crafted BMP image (bsc#1005084) - CVE-2016-2116: Memory leak in the jasiccprofcreatefrombuf function in JasPer allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ICC color profile in a JPEG 2000 image file (bsc#968373) - CVE-2016-2089: invalid read in the JasPer's jasmatrixclip() function (bsc#963983) - CVE-2016-1867: Out-of-bounds Read in the JasPer's jpcpinextcprl() function (bsc#961886) - CVE-2015-5221: Use-after-free (and double-free) in Jasper JPEG-200 (bsc#942553). - CVE-2015-5203: Double free corruption in JasPer JPEG-2000 implementation (bsc#941919) - CVE-2008-3522: Buffer overflow in the jasstreamprintf function in libjasper/base/jasstream.c in JasPer might have allowed context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to the mifhdrput function and use of vsprintf (bsc#392410) - jasper: NULL pointer dereference in jp2colrdestroy (jp2_cod.c) (incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8887) (bsc#1006839)
For additional change description please have a look at the changelog.