UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8837

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-8837
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8837.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8837
Upstream
Published
2025-08-11T08:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T05:16:35Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 1.9 (Low) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

A vulnerability was identified in JasPer up to 4.2.5. This affects the function jpcdecdump of the file src/libjasper/jpc/jpc_dec.c of the component JPEG2000 File Handler. The manipulation leads to use after free. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is named 8308060d3fbc1da10353ac8a95c8ea60eba9c25a. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / jasper

Package

Name
jasper
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/jasper@1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.3?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.900.1-debian1-2.4
1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1
1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.1
1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.2
1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "libjasper-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "libjasper-runtime"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "libjasper1"
        }
    ],
    "priority_reason": "localhost access is needed"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8837.json"