CVE-2016-8691

MEDIUM

JasPer <1.900.4 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

The jpc_dec_process_siz function in libjasper/jpc/jpc_dec.c in JasPer before 1.900.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted XRsiz value in a BMP image to the imginfo command.

References (9)

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3785

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/23/6

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/14

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93593

[Vendor Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208

[Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/16/jasper-two-divide-by-zero-in-jpc_dec_process_siz-jpc_dec-c/

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385502

[Patch] https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/d8c2604cd438c41ec72aff52c16ebd8183068020

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/THLEZURI4D24PRM7SMASC5I25IAWXXTM/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0047

EPSS Percentile 64.3%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-369

Status draft

Affected Products (3)

jasper_project/jasper < 1.900.3

debian/debian_linux

fedoraproject/fedora

Timeline

Published Feb 15, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026