CVE-2017-13752 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 images.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-13752?

CVE-2017-13752 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_dequantize() in jpc/jpc_dec.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-2017-13752?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Jasper Project Jasper.

How do I fix CVE-2017-13752?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-13752 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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-2017-13752 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13752 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-5hwq-98wj-j7h7.

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