CVE-2016-9398
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
The jpc_floorlog2 function in jpc_math.c in JasPer before 1.900.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via unspecified vectors.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| suse | 15.1 | affected | |
| suse | 15.2 | affected | |
| suse | 42.1 | affected | |
| suse | 42.2 | affected | |
| suse | 12 | affected | |
| fedora | 32 | affected | |
| fedora | 33 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| jasper_project | jasper | {"endExcluding":"1.900.17"} | 1.900.17 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00082.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00085.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/17/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94382
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/16/jasper-multiple-assertion-failure
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1396980
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N4ALB4SXHURLVWKAOKYRNJXPABW3M22M/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UPOVZTSIQPW2H4AFLMI3LHJEZGBVEQET/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9398.html
CWEs
CWE-617
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.