| Name | CVE-2007-2721 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; oss-sec, fulldisc, OSVDB, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, more) |
| References | DSA-2036-1 |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote, user-initiated) |
| Debian Bugs | 413033, 447188, 528543, 561717 |
| Debian/oldstable | not vulnerable. |
| Debian/stable | not vulnerable. |
| Debian/testing | not vulnerable. |
| Debian/unstable | not vulnerable. |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ghostscript (PTS) | squeeze (security), squeeze | 8.71~dfsg2-9+squeeze1 | fixed |
| wheezy | 9.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u1 | fixed | |
| jessie, sid | 9.06~dfsg-2 | fixed | |
| jasper (PTS) | squeeze (security), squeeze | 1.900.1-7+squeeze1 | fixed |
| squeeze (lts) | 1.900.1-7+squeeze4 | fixed | |
| wheezy | 1.900.1-13+deb7u2 | fixed | |
| wheezy (security) | 1.900.1-13+deb7u3 | fixed | |
| jessie, sid | 1.900.1-debian1-2.4 | fixed |
The information above is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ghostscript | source | (unstable) | 8.61.dfsg.1~svn8187-1.1 | medium | 447188 | |
| gs-gpl | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | medium | 561717 | |
| jasper | source | (unstable) | 1.900.1-6 | medium | 413033, 528543 | |
| jasper | source | lenny | 1.900.1-5.1+lenny1 | medium | DSA-2036-1 |
Jasper was initially fixed in 1.900.1-3, but the fix got dropped later, see #528543
see http://ghostscript.com/pipermail/gs-cvs/2007-October/007877.html