CVE-2015-8751

Publication date 17 February 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Integer overflow in the jas_matrix_create function in JasPer allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted JPEG 2000 image, related to integer multiplication for memory allocation.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
ghostscript	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
jasper	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
netpbm-free	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

already fixed by 01-misc-fixes.patch in Ubuntu probably a dupe of CVE-2008-3520

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.8 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8751