HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-9396

Jasper vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
5.7%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
The JPC_NOMINALGAIN function in jpc/jpc_t1cod.c in JasPer through 2.0.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (JPC_COX_RFT assertion failure) via unspecified vectors.
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
Published
2017-03-23

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 5.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-9396

  • Confirm whether Jasper Project Jasper is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-9396.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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