CVE-2016-9391

Published: 23 March 2017

The jpc_bitstream_getbits function in jpc_bs.c in JasPer before 2.0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via a very large integer.

Priority

CVSS 3 base score: 7.5

Status

Package	Release	Status
jasper Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Needs triage



	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)	Does not exist
	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)	Released (1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.2)
	Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr)	Does not exist (trusty was released [1.900.1-14ubuntu3.5])
	Patches: Upstream: https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/1e84674d95353c64e5c4c0e7232ae86fd6ea813b

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9391
https://github.com/asarubbo/poc/blob/master/00014-jasper-assert-jpc_bitstream_getbits (testcase)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/17/1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3693-1
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Bugs

https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/issues/59

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