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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2016-8883

Original release date: 01/13/2017
Last revised: 01/17/2017
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

The jpc_dec_tiledecode function in jpc_dec.c in JasPer before 1.900.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via a crafted file.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 3.0):
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 Medium
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 1.8
CVSS Version 3 Metrics:
Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable - Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type: Allows disruption of service

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External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20161022 Re: Fuzzing jasper
Type: Mailing List; Third Party Advisory
Hyperlink: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/8
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/issues/32
Type: Issue Tracking; Patch; Third Party Advisory
Hyperlink: https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/issues/32
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20161017 Re: Re: Fuzzing jasper
Type: Mailing List; Third Party Advisory
Hyperlink: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/17/1

Vulnerable software and versions

+ Configuration 1
* OR
* cpe:/a:jasper_project:jasper:1.900.7 and previous versions

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Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)
  • Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)
CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8883

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