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medium 4.3

CVE-2007-2721 json

The jpc_qcx_getcompparms function in jpc/jpc_cs.c for the JasPer JPEG-2000 library (libjasper) before 1.900 allows remote user-assisted att…

published 2007-05-16 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-2713

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The jpc_qcx_getcompparms function in jpc/jpc_cs.c for the JasPer JPEG-2000 library (libjasper) before 1.900 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly corrupt the heap via malformed image files, as originally demonstrated using imagemagick convert.

Patch / fix

  • ghostscript Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8.61.dfsg.1~svn8187-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-2721

  • netpbm RHEL 4 10.25-2.1.el4_7.4
  • netpbm RHEL 5 10.35-6.1.el5_3.1
  • netpbm-progs RHEL 4 10.25-2.1.el4_7.4
  • netpbm-progs RHEL 5 10.35-6.1.el5_3.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0012

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-2721 updated

jasper: crash in jpc_qcx_getcompparms

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) netpbm 10.35-6.1.el5_3.1, netpbm-progs 10.35-6.1.el5_3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 netpbm 10.25-2.1.el4_7.4, netpbm-progs 10.25-2.1.el4_7.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) netpbm 10.35-6.1.el5_3.1, netpbm-progs 10.35-6.1.el5_3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 netpbm 10.25-2.1.el4_7.4, netpbm-progs 10.25-2.1.el4_7.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) netpbm 10.35-6.1.el5_3.1, netpbm-progs 10.35-6.1.el5_3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 netpbm 10.25-2.1.el4_7.4, netpbm-progs 10.25-2.1.el4_7.4
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 netpbm 10.25-2.1.el4_7.4, netpbm-progs 10.25-2.1.el4_7.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0012

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Exploit prediction

2.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.debian.org http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=413033 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugs.debian.org http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=413041 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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