| Name | CVE-2016-8691 |
| Description | The jpc_dec_process_siz function in libjasper/jpc/jpc_dec.c in JasPer before 1.900.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted XRsiz value in a BMP image to the imginfo command. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-739-1, DSA-3785-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 841111 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| jasper (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.900.1-debian1-2.4+deb8u12 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/16/jasper-two-divide-by-zero-in-jpc_dec_process_siz-jpc_dec-c/
Fixed by: https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/d8c2604cd438c41ec72aff52c16ebd8183068020 (version-1.900.4)
Not suitable for code injection, hardly denial of service