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CVE-2016-9391

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-23 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The jpc_bitstream_getbits function in jpc_bs.c in JasPer before 2.0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via a very large integer.

Affected products

• jasper: through 2.0.6

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/17/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94371
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/16/jasper-multiple-assertion-failure
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1396967
• https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/1e84674d95353c64e5c4c0e7232ae86fd6ea813b
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3693-1/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/17/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94371
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/16/jasper-multiple-assertion-failure
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1396967

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