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CVE-2016-10251 json

Integer overflow in the jpc_pi_nextcprl function in jpc_t2cod.c in JasPer before 1.900.20 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impac…

published 2017-03-15 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-1436

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.4%
EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in the jpc_pi_nextcprl function in jpc_t2cod.c in JasPer before 1.900.20 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted file, which triggers use of an uninitialized value.

Patch / fix

  • jasper Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.900.1-14ubuntu3.4
  • jasper Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10251

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • jasper RHEL 6 1.900.1-21.el6_9
  • jasper RHEL 7 1.900.1-30.el7_3
  • jasper-libs RHEL 6 1.900.1-21.el6_9
  • jasper-libs RHEL 7 1.900.1-30.el7_3
  • jasper-utils RHEL 6 1.900.1-21.el6_9
  • jasper-utils RHEL 7 1.900.1-30.el7_3

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:1208

  • jasper SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 1.900.14-194.1
  • jasper SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 1.900.14-134.32.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:0953-1SUSE-SU-2017:0946-1

  • jasper openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.0.33-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10869-1

  • jasper Arch Linux 1.900.20-1

arch linux advisories AVG-207

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-10251 updated cvss 5.5

jasper: integer overflow in jpc_pi_nextcprl(), leading to out-of-bounds read

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 netpbm Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 mingw-virt-viewer, mingw32-virt-viewer, mingw64-virt-viewer
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-30.el7_3, jasper-libs 1.900.1-30.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-30.el7_3, jasper-utils 1.900.1-30.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-30.el7_3, jasper-libs 1.900.1-30.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-30.el7_3, jasper-utils 1.900.1-30.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) jasper 1.900.1-21.el6_9, jasper-libs 1.900.1-21.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) jasper-utils 1.900.1-21.el6_9
    +10 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) jasper 1.900.1-21.el6_9, jasper-libs 1.900.1-21.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) jasper 1.900.1-21.el6_9, jasper-utils 1.900.1-21.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) jasper 1.900.1-21.el6_9, jasper-libs 1.900.1-21.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-30.el7_3, jasper-libs 1.900.1-30.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) jasper-utils 1.900.1-21.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-30.el7_3, jasper-utils 1.900.1-30.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) jasper 1.900.1-21.el6_9, jasper-libs 1.900.1-21.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-30.el7_3, jasper-libs 1.900.1-30.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) jasper-utils 1.900.1-21.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-30.el7_3, jasper-utils 1.900.1-30.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1208

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Exploit prediction

2.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • blogs.gentoo.org https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/04/jasper-use-of-uninitialized-value-in-jpc_pi_nextcprl-jpc_t2cod-c/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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