Reachable Assertion in JasPer - CVE-2022-40755
Published: December 2, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU69841
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40755
CWE-ID: CWE-617
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion in libjasper/base/jas_image.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted image to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
JasPer
How to mitigate CVE-2022-40755
Install updates from vendor's website.
JasPer - update to 4.0.0