CVE-2017-14229

Jasper vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

3.0%

EPSS pct

86th

Exploited

No known

There is an infinite loop in the jpc_dec_tileinit function in jpc/jpc_dec.c of Jasper 2.0.13. It will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

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-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

Published

2017-09-09

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 3.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

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