Reachable assertion in JasPer - CVE-2024-31744
Published: October 15, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU98599
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-31744
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) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion within the jpc_streamlist_remove() function in src/libjasper/jpc/jpc_dec.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted image to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-31744
Install updates from vendor's website.