CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-3521

7.2 HIGH Published 2008-10-02 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-10-02
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

Race condition in the jas_stream_tmpfile function in libjasper/base/jas_stream.c in JasPer 1.900.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (program exit) by creating the appropriate tmp.XXXXXXXXXX temporary file, which causes Jasper to exit. NOTE: this was originally reported as a symlink issue, but this was incorrect. NOTE: some vendors dispute the severity of this issue, but it satisfies CVE's requirements for inclusion.

Affected configurations

• jasper project jasper 1.900.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References