#VU38407 Reachable Assertion in JasPer - CVE-2017-13745
Published: August 29, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38407
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13745
CWE-ID: CWE-617
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
JasPer
JasPer
Software vendor:
The JasPer Project
The JasPer Project
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
There is a reachable assertion abort in the function jpc_dec_process_sot() in jpc/jpc_dec.c in JasPer 2.0.12 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack by triggering an unexpected jpc_ppmstabtostreams return value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-9154.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.