CVE-2017-13750 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

A reachable assertion abort in JasPer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted image files.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2017-13750?

CVE-2017-13750 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_dec_process_siz() in jpc/jpc_dec.c:1296 in JasPer 2.0.12 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Weakness: CWE-617

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-13750?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Jasper Project Jasper.

How do I fix CVE-2017-13750?

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-2017-13750 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13750 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-xhvm-w5fj-p25w.

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