CVE-2017-13749 Denial of service in n/a
A reachable assertion abort in JasPer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-13749?
CVE-2017-13749 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, 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_pi_nextrpcl() in jpc/jpc_t2cod.c in JasPer 2.0.12 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Weakness: CWE-617
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-13749?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Jasper Project Jasper.
How do I fix CVE-2017-13749?
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-2017-13749 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13749 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as GHSA-45q4-qcpx-mgmj.