CVE-2017-1000050: JasPer 2.0.12 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer exception in the function jp2_encode which failed to check to...

Security readout for executives and security teams

This is a denial-of-service flaw in JasPer 2.0.12. If software using JasPer tries to encode an image with no components, the library can dereference a null pointer and crash. The public record does not provide CVSS scoring or evidence of active exploitation. Exposure is most likely where JasPer 2.0.12, or distribution packages containing that code, process image encoding workloads. Public distro advisories from Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, and Fedora indicate packaged software ecosystems addressed the issue, but the bundle does not enumerate exact CPEs. Treat this as a moderate availability risk. Prioritize internet-facing or automated image-processing systems first, especially where untrusted uploads are handled. It is less urgent than code-execution vulnerabilities because the cited impact is service crash only and no active exploitation is documented. Mitigation focus: Identify systems and applications using JasPer or bundled JasPer libraries.; Apply vendor package updates from the relevant Linux distribution advisory.; Check upstream or vendor guidance where package status is unclear..

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Jun 12, 2026, 22:05 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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