THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-10250
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-10250

Jasper vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
4.0%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
The jp2_colr_destroy function in jp2_cod.c in JasPer before 1.900.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by leveraging incorrect cleanup of JP2 box data on error. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8887.
Affected vendor
Jasper Project
Affected product
Jasper
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2017-03-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-10250

  • Confirm whether Jasper Project Jasper is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-10250.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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