CVE-2008-3521
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.2)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Puntuación base: 7.2
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.45%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 37
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-59
Referencias
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=163282&action=view
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=222819
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34391
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:142
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:164
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31470
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-742-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-3521
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45622
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=163282&action=view
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=222819
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34391
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:142
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:164
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31470
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-742-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-3521
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45622
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