CVE-2021-26927 Null dereference in jasper

What is CVE-2021-26927?

CVE-2021-26927 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 23 Feb 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A flaw was found in jasper before 2.0.25. A null pointer dereference in jp2_decode in jp2_dec.c may lead to program crash and denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-26927?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Jasper Project Jasper.

How do I fix CVE-2021-26927?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2021-26927 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-26927 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-6492, GHSA-9768-8435-chr8, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-26927.