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CVE-2025-8837VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-8837: JasPer · Use After Free

Affects JasPerSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.8 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
4.8Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 14% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 11 Aug 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
JasPerAffected
  • =4.2.0
  • =4.2.1
  • =4.2.2
  • =4.2.3
  • =4.2.4
  • =4.2.5
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

European organizations should prioritize applying the official patch identified by commit 8308060d3fbc1da10353ac8a95c8ea60eba9c25a to all affected JasPer versions (4.2.0 to 4.2.5). Beyond patching, organizations should audit their software inventory to identify all applications and services that embed or depend on JasPer for JPEG-2000 image handling. Restrict local access to systems running vulnerable versions by enforcing strict access controls and monitoring for unusual local activity. Employ application whitelisting and endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions to detect exploitation attempts. Where possible, isolate image processing workloads in sandboxed or containerized environments to limit the impact of potential exploitation. Regularly update and patch all dependencies and underlying operating systems to reduce the attack surface. Additionally, implement robust logging and alerting mechanisms to detect anomalous behavior related to image processing components. Conduct security awareness training to reduce insider threat risks, as exploitation requires local access.

Description

A vulnerability was identified in JasPer up to 4.2.5. This affects the function jpc_dec_dump of the file src/libjasper/jpc/jpc_dec.c of the component JPEG2000 File Handler. The manipulation leads to use after free. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is named 8308060d3fbc1da10353ac8a95c8ea60eba9c25a. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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