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Vulnerability · Published Jan 16, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2023-51257

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity memory corruption in the netpbm-free package (Ubuntu). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An invalid memory write issue in Jasper-Software Jasper v.4.1.1 and before allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnetpbm-freeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-51257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSnetpbm-freeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-51257
Ubuntu:25.10netpbm-freeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-51257
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSnetpbm-freeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-51257
Ubuntu:26.10netpbm-freeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-51257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSopencpnno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-51257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSopencpnno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-51257
Ubuntu:25.10opencpnno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-51257
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSopencpnno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-51257
Ubuntu:26.10opencpnno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-51257

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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