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CVE-2014-8138

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-8138 is a heap-based buffer overflow in the jp2_decode function of JasPer 1.900.1 and earlier, affecting JasPer and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code through a crafted JPEG 2000 file. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.900.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jasper_project:jasper:1.900.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
18.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1850 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: jasper-0:1.900.1-16.el6_6.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: jasper-0:1.900.1-26.el7_0.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6Fixed in: rhev-hypervisor6-0:6.7-20150828.0.el6ev
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6Fixed in: rhev-hypervisor7-0:7.1-20150827.1.el6ev
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-7Fixed in: rhev-hypervisor7-0:7.1-20150827.1.el7ev
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEV Manager version 3.5Fixed in: spice-client-msi-0:3.5-3
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: netpbm

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-8138Important

jasper: heap overflow in jp2_decode() (oCERT-2014-012)

Dec 18, 2014

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2014-0539.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00013.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00014.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00017.html
packetstormsecurity.com / files/129660/JasPer-1.900.1-Double-Free-Heap-Overflow.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-2021.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0698.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1713.html
secunia.com / advisories/61747
secunia.com / advisories/62311
secunia.com / advisories/62615
secunia.com / advisories/62619
ocert.org / advisories/ocert-2014-012.html
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-3106
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/71746
securitytracker.com / id/1033459
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2483-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2483-2