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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2008-3520 json

Multiple integer overflows in JasPer 1.900.1 might allow context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via a crafted image file, re…

published 2008-10-02 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-3506

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.2%
EPSS 3.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple integer overflows in JasPer 1.900.1 might allow context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via a crafted image file, related to integer multiplication for memory allocation.

Patch / fix

  • ghostscript Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8.64~dfsg-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3520

  • 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
  • rhevm-spice-client rhev manager 3 3.5-3.el6
  • rhevm-spice-client-x64-cab rhev manager 3 3.5-3.el6
  • rhevm-spice-client-x64-msi rhev manager 3 3.5-3.el6
  • rhevm-spice-client-x86-cab rhev manager 3 3.5-3.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0012RHSA-2015:0698

  • jasper Arch Linux 1.900.5-1

arch linux advisories AVG-99

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-2008-3520 updated cvss 6.8

jasper: multiple integer overflows in jas_alloc calls

  • 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 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
  • Red Hat RHEV-M 3.5 rhevm-spice-client 3.5-3.el6, rhevm-spice-client-x64-cab 3.5-3.el6, rhevm-spice-client-x64-msi 3.5-3.el6, rhevm-spice-client-x86-cab 3.5-3.el6, rhevm-spice-client-x86-msi 3.5-3.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0698

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.