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CVE-2016-9397

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.9% 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-617

Description

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.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 32, 33
• jasper: 1.900.13

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/17/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94373
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/16/jasper-multiple-assertion-failure
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1396979
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N4ALB4SXHURLVWKAOKYRNJXPABW3M22M/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UPOVZTSIQPW2H4AFLMI3LHJEZGBVEQET/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/17/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94373
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/16/jasper-multiple-assertion-failure
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1396979
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N4ALB4SXHURLVWKAOKYRNJXPABW3M22M/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UPOVZTSIQPW2H4AFLMI3LHJEZGBVEQET/

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