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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2016-10248 json

The jpc_tsfb_synthesize function in jpc_tsfb.c in JasPer before 1.900.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer…

published 2017-03-15 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-1433

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.0%
EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The jpc_tsfb_synthesize function in jpc_tsfb.c in JasPer before 1.900.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors involving an empty sequence.

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-2016-10248

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 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-2016-10248 updated cvss 5.5

jasper: NULL pointer dereference in jpc_tsfb_synthesize()

  • 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

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • blogs.gentoo.org https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/20/jasper-null-pointer-dereference-in-jpc_tsfb_synthesize-jpc_tsfb-c/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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