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high 7.5

CVE-2016-9397 json

The jpc_dequantize function in jpc_dec.c in JasPer 1.900.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via un…

published 2017-03-23 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-10207

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.9%
EPSS 3.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The jpc_dequantize function in jpc_dec.c in JasPer 1.900.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via unspecified vectors.

Patch / fix

  • jasper SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 1.900.14-195.22.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:2690-1

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-2016-9397 updated cvss 3.3

jasper: reachable assertion in jpc_dequantize()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 netpbm Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 jasper, jasper-libs, jasper-utils
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 jasper, jasper-libs, jasper-utils
    affected: no fix available
  • 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 9 jasper, jasper-libs, jasper-utils
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

3.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/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

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Sources

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