CVE-2016-9394

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-03-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The jas_seq2d_create function in jas_seq.c in JasPer before 1.900.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via a crafted file.

Affected products

jasper: through 1.900.16

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/17/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94372
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=1396975
https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/f7038068550fba0e41e1d0c355787f1dcd5bf330
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3693-1/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/17/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94372
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=1396975

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