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Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting jasper package, versions *

medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.92% (83rd percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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Red Hat
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-JASPER-343072
  • published 9 Sep 2017
  • disclosed 9 Sep 2017
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Introduced: 9 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14229 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-835 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:14.04 jasper.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jasper package and not the jasper package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is an infinite loop in the jpc_dec_tileinit function in jpc/jpc_dec.c of Jasper 2.0.13. It will lead to a remote denial of service attack.