Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-8836

medium Nessus Plugin ID 259919

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

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

- 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)

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

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-8836

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 259919

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_8836.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/31/2025

Updated: 8/31/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-8836

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:jasper

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-8836