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CVE-2016-9391 json

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 fail…

published 2017-03-23 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-10201

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.3%
EPSS 4.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • jasper Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.900.1-14ubuntu3.5
  • jasper Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9391

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 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 +1 more 1.900.14-195.5.1
  • jasper SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +2 more 1.900.14-195.3.1
  • jasper SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 1.900.14-134.33.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:0339-1SUSE-SU-2017:1916-1SUSE-SU-2017:1901-1

  • jasper openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.0.33-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10869-1

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-2016-9391 updated cvss 5.5

jasper: reachable assertions in the JPC bitstream code

  • 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

4.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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