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CVE-2008-3521

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2008-10-02 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Jasper Project Jasper

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References