CVE-2014-8157: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 16.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Off-by-one error in the jpc_dec_process_sot function in JasPer 1.900.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG 2000 image, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only
• Jasper Project Jasper: up to and including 1.900.1
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 13.1 only; version 13.2 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only

Published 2015-01-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.