# CVE-2017-14232: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted FLIF file due to an invalid memory read in the decoder.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Aug 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mv74-39qc-wvxg

## What is CVE-2017-14232?

CVE-2017-14232 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Jasper Project Jasper, published on 15 Aug 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The read_chunk function in flif-dec.cpp in Free Lossless Image Format (FLIF) 0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and application crash) via a crafted flif file.

Weakness: CWE-399

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14232?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Flif Flif, Jasper Project Jasper.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-14232?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-14232 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-14232 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14232 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Jasper Project Jasper

- [CVE-2019-14373](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14373/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-12109](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12109/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-11507](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11507/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2018-14876](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-14876/): Memory corruption in n/a (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2018-10971](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10971/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-14232 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-14232 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Jasper Project Jasper, published on 15 Aug 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14232 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Jasper Project Jasper. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14232/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14232/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14232
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14232
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-14232

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14232/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.