An invalid memory write issue in Jasper-Software Jasper v.4.1.1 and before allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The Rocky Linux 9.6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ ciqsa-2026_1632 advisory.

    This advisory aggregates security fixes for the jasper SRPM in CIQ LTS 9.6. It addresses 37 CVEs:
    CVE-2008-3522, CVE-2016-1577, CVE-2014-9029, CVE-2016-9394, CVE-2021-3443, and 32 more.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare CENTOS7:CLSA-2024:1723146304 advisory.

  - An invalid memory write issue in Jasper-Software Jasper v.4.1.1 and before allows a local attacker to     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-51257)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The AlmaLinux 9.2 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2025:1746187690 advisory.

  - An invalid memory write issue in Jasper-Software Jasper v.4.1.1 and before allows a local attacker to     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-51257)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The AlmaLinux 9.6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2025:1765378381 advisory.

  - An invalid memory write issue in Jasper-Software Jasper v.4.1.1 and before allows a local attacker to     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-51257)

  - A vulnerability was determined in JasPer up to 4.2.5. Affected by this issue is the function jpc_floorlog2     of the file src/libjasper/jpc/jpc_enc.c of the component JPEG2000 Encoder. The manipulation leads to     reachable assertion. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the     public and may be used. The patch is identified as 79185d32d7a444abae441935b20ae4676b3513d4. It is     recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. (CVE-2025-8836)

  - A vulnerability was identified in JasPer up to 4.2.5. This affects the function jpc_dec_dump 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. (CVE-2025-8837)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Rocky Linux 9.6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2025:1765378381 advisory.

  - An invalid memory write issue in Jasper-Software Jasper v.4.1.1 and before allows a local attacker to     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-51257)

  - A vulnerability was determined in JasPer up to 4.2.5. Affected by this issue is the function jpc_floorlog2     of the file src/libjasper/jpc/jpc_enc.c of the component JPEG2000 Encoder. The manipulation leads to     reachable assertion. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the     public and may be used. The patch is identified as 79185d32d7a444abae441935b20ae4676b3513d4. It is     recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. (CVE-2025-8836)

  - A vulnerability was identified in JasPer up to 4.2.5. This affects the function jpc_dec_dump 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. (CVE-2025-8837)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2024-8730:01 advisory.

    * CVE-2023-51257: fix an integer-overflow bug in the ICC profile parsing code     CVE(s):
    CVE-2023-51257     An invalid memory write issue in Jasper-Software Jasper v.4.1.1 and before allows a local attacker to     execute arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:3947-1 advisory.

    - Update to 4.2.8:

    - CVE-2025-8837: Fixed a bug in the JPC decoder that could cause bad memory accesses if the debug level is     set sufficiently high (bsc#1247901).
    - CVE-2025-8836: Added some missing range checking on several coding parameters in the JPC encoder     (bsc#1247902).
    - CVE-2025-8835: Added a check for a missing color component in the jas_image_chclrspc function     (bsc#1247904).
    - CVE-2023-51257: Fixed invalid memory write bug (bsc#1218802).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - An invalid memory write issue in Jasper-Software Jasper v.4.1.1 and before allows a local attacker to     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-51257)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 7.02, has jasper packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - An invalid memory write issue in Jasper-Software Jasper v.4.1.1 and before allows a local attacker to     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-51257)

  - In Jasper 4.2.2, the jpc_streamlist_remove function in src/libjasper/jpc/jpc_dec.c:2407 has an assertion     failure vulnerability, allowing attackers to cause a denial of service attack through a specific image     file. (CVE-2024-31744)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 4 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TSSA-2024:0579 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 4 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2024-31744:
    In Jasper 4.2.2, the jpc_streamlist_remove function in src/libjasper/jpc/jpc_dec.c:2407 has an assertion     failure vulnerability, allowing attackers to cause a denial of service attack through a specific image     file.

    CVE-2023-51257:
    An invalid memory write issue in Jasper-Software Jasper v.4.1.1 and before allows a local attacker to     execute arbitrary code.

    CVE-2015-8751:
    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 7.02, has jasper packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

  - An invalid memory write issue in Jasper-Software Jasper v.4.1.1 and before allows a local attacker to     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-51257)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of jasper installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2023-51257 advisory.

  - An invalid memory write issue in Jasper-Software Jasper v.4.1.1 and before allows a local attacker to     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-51257)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of jasper installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2023-51257 advisory.

  - An invalid memory write issue in Jasper-Software Jasper v.4.1.1 and before allows a local attacker to     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-51257)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-511 advisory.

    An invalid memory write issue in Jasper-Software Jasper v.4.1.1 and before allows a local attacker to     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-51257)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:0241-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2023-51257: Fixed an out of bounds write in the JPC encoder (bsc#1218802).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:0240-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2023-51257: Fixed an out of bounds write in the JPC encoder (bsc#1218802).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-f53b383648 advisory.

    Backport fix for CVE-2023-51257.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-b5b85798cd advisory.

    Backport fix for CVE-2023-51257.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
364606	Rocky Linux 9.6 [CIQ] Security Update: jasper / jasper-devel / jasper-libs / jasper-utils Multiple Vulnerabilities (ciqsa-2026_1632)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
362059	CentOS Linux 7 [TuxCare] Security Update: jasper / jasper-devel / jasper-libs / jasper-utils (CENTOS7:CLSA-2024:1723146304)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
361256	AlmaLinux 9.2 [TuxCare] Security Update: jasper / jasper-devel / jasper-libs / jasper-utils (ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2025:1746187690)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
351622	AlmaLinux 9.6 [TuxCare] Security Update: jasper / jasper-devel / jasper-libs / jasper-utils Multiple Vulnerabilities (ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2025:1765378381)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
351612	Rocky Linux 9.6 [TuxCare] Security Update: jasper / jasper-devel / jasper-libs / jasper-utils Multiple Vulnerabilities (ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2025:1765378381)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
292015	MiracleLinux 7 : jasper-1.900.1-33.0.1.el7.AXS7 (AXSA:2024-8730:01)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
274489	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : jasper (SUSE-SU-2025:3947-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	medium
260200	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-51257	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
242828	NewStart CGSL MAIN 7.02 : jasper Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2025-0130)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	Local	high
239657	TencentOS Server 4: jasper (TSSA-2024:0579)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	Local	high
237982	NewStart CGSL MAIN 7.02 : jasper Vulnerability (NS-SA-2025-0082)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	Local	high
215510	Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: jasper (CVE-2023-51257)	Nessus	Azure Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
207013	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: jasper (CVE-2023-51257)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
190075	Amazon Linux 2023 : jasper, jasper-devel, jasper-libs (ALAS2023-2024-511)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
189715	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : jasper (SUSE-SU-2024:0241-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
189714	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : jasper (SUSE-SU-2024:0240-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
189386	Fedora 39 : mingw-jasper (2024-f53b383648)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	high
189382	Fedora 38 : mingw-jasper (2024-b5b85798cd)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	high

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