Re: Re: jasper: invalid memory read in jas_matrix_asl (jas_seq.c)

[Agostino Sarubbo <ago () gentoo org>]

On Monday 16 January 2017 19:11:33 cve-assign () mitre org wrote:
> > []
> > https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/01/16/jasper-invalid-memory-read-in-jas
> > _matrix_asl-jas_seq-c
> >
> > AddressSanitizer: SEGV on unknown address
> > The signal is caused by a READ memory access.
> >
> > jas_matrix_asl ... jasper-1.900.27/src/libjasper/base/jas_seq.c:376:11
>
> Use CVE-2017-5505.
>
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The previous mail clearly state:
> Timeline:
> 2016-11-20: bug discovered and reported to upstream

Why a CVE-2017-* ?

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Agostino