CVE-2011-4517 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2011-4517?

CVE-2011-4517 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 15 Dec 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The jpc_crg_getparms function in libjasper/jpc/jpc_cs.c in JasPer 1.900.1 uses an incorrect data type during a certain size calculation, which allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption), via a crafted component registration (CRG) marker segment in a JPEG2000 file.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-4517?

It affects 9 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Jasper Project Jasper, Oracle Outside in Technology, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2011-4517?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2011-4517 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4517 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as CVE-2016-8881, DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4517, GHSA-fh37-rq45-7gc5.