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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2016-9396 json

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…

published 2017-03-23 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-10206

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.8%
EPSS 5.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

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-2016-9396

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  • jasper RHEL 7 1.900.1-33.el7
  • jasper-libs RHEL 7 1.900.1-33.el7
  • jasper-utils RHEL 7 1.900.1-33.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:3253

  • jasper SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP4, SLED 12 SP4 +1 more 1.900.14-195.15.1
  • jasper SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 2.0.14-3.3.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:2513-1SUSE-SU-2019:1018-1

  • jasper openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.0.33-1.2
  • jasper openSUSE Leap 15.0 2.0.14-lp150.2.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10869-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1315-1

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-2016-9396 updated cvss 3.3

jasper: reachable assertion in JPC_NOMINALGAIN()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 netpbm Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 jasper, jasper-libs, jasper-utils 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 1.900.1-33.el7, jasper-libs 1.900.1-33.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-33.el7, jasper-utils 1.900.1-33.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-33.el7, jasper-libs 1.900.1-33.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-33.el7, jasper-utils 1.900.1-33.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-33.el7, jasper-libs 1.900.1-33.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-33.el7, jasper-utils 1.900.1-33.el7
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-33.el7, jasper-libs 1.900.1-33.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-33.el7, jasper-utils 1.900.1-33.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-33.el7, jasper-libs 1.900.1-33.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) jasper 1.900.1-33.el7, jasper-utils 1.900.1-33.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3253
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 jasper, jasper-libs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 jasper, jasper-libs, jasper-utils
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

5.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

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

References

Sources

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