Reachable Assertion in JasPer - CVE-2016-9398
Published: March 23, 2017 / Updated: September 25, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU47111
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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-2016-9398
CWE-ID: CWE-617
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: The JasPer Project
Affected software:
JasPer
JasPer
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to reachable assertion in jpc_floorlog2 function in jpc_math.c in JasPer before 1.900.17. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack via unspecified vectors.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-9398
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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://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