CVE-2017-13745 Denial of service in n/a
A reachable assertion abort in JasPer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted image data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-13745?
CVE-2017-13745 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Jasper Project Jasper, published on 29 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
There is a reachable assertion abort in the function jpc_dec_process_sot() in jpc/jpc_dec.c in JasPer 2.0.12 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack by triggering an unexpected jpc_ppmstabtostreams return value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-9154.
Weakness: CWE-617
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-13745?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Jasper Project Jasper.
How do I fix CVE-2017-13745?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-13745 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13745 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Jasper Project Jasper
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w297-h5m6-hgp7, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13745.