CVE-2016-8691
mediumpriority · track · 23EPSS 0.022 · 83 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The jpc_dec_process_siz function in libjasper/jpc/jpc_dec.c in JasPer before 1.900.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted XRsiz value in a BMP image to the imginfo command.
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affected products (4)
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references (27)
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3785cnnvd
- http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~frodo/jasper/Patchcnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/23/6cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/14cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93593cnnvd
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/16/jasper-two-divide-by-zero-in-jpc_dec_process_siz-jpc_dec-c/cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385502cnnvd
- https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/d8c2604cd438c41ec72aff52c16ebd8183068020cnnvd
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