CVE-2016-9395
The jas_seq2d_create function in jas_seq.c in JasPer before 1.900.25 allows remote attackers to...
The jas_seq2d_create function in jas_seq.c in JasPer before 1.900.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via a crafted file.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The jas_seq2d_create function in jas_seq.c in JasPer before 1.900.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via a crafted file.
- Record
CVE-2016-9395- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The jas_seq2d_create function in jas_seq.c in JasPer before 1.900.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via a crafted file.
- Record
CVE-2016-9395- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-10205 No score
The jas_seq2d_create function in jas_seq.c in JasPer before 1.900.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via a crafted file.
- Record
EUVD-2016-10205- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2rfg-9hpp-f2vv
The jas_seq2d_create function in jas_seq.c in JasPer before 1.900.25 allows remote attackers to...
The jas_seq2d_create function in jas_seq.c in JasPer before 1.900.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via a crafted file.
- Record
GHSA-2rfg-9hpp-f2vv- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
The jas_seq2d_create function in jas_seq.c in JasPer before 1.900.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via a crafted file.
- Record
CVE-2016-9395- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-9395
The jas_seq2d_create function in jas_seq.c in JasPer before 1.900.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via a crafted file.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9395- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVMGASA-2017-0474 No score
Updated jasper packages fix security vulnerabilities
The jasper package has been updated and patched to fix several security issues.
- Record
MGASA-2017-0474- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10281-1 No score
jasper-1.900.14-3.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the jasper-1.900.14-3.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10281-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:0084-1 No score
Security update for jasper
This update for jasper fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2016-8654: Heap-based buffer overflow in QMFB code in JPC codec. (bsc#1012530)
- CVE-2016-9395: Invalid jasper files could lead to abort of the library caused by attacker provided image. (bsc#1010977)
- CVE-2016-9398: Invalid jasper files could lead to abort of the library caused by attacker provided image. (bsc#1010979)
- CVE-2016-9560: Stack-based buffer overflow in jpc_tsfb_getbands2. (bsc#1011830)
- CVE-2016-9591: Use-after-free on heap in jas_matrix_destroy. (bsc#1015993)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2017:0084-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:0946-1 No score
Security update for jasper
This update for jasper fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2016-8654: Heap-based buffer overflow in QMFB code in JPC codec (bsc#1012530)
- CVE-2016-9395: Missing sanity checks on the data in a SIZ marker segment (bsc#1010977).
- CVE-2016-9398: jpc_math.c:94: int jpc_floorlog2(int): Assertion 'x > 0' failed. (bsc#1010979)
- CVE-2016-9560: stack-based buffer overflow in jpc_tsfb_getbands2 (jpc_tsfb.c) (bsc#1011830)
- CVE-2016-9583: Out of bounds heap read in jpc_pi_nextpcrl() (bsc#1015400)
- CVE-2016-9591: Use-after-free on heap in jas_matrix_destroy (bsc#1015993)
- CVE-2016-9600: Null Pointer Dereference due to missing check for UNKNOWN color space in JP2 encoder (bsc#1018088)
- CVE-2016-10251: Use of uninitialized value in jpc_pi_nextcprl (jpc_t2cod.c) (bsc#1029497)
- CVE-2017-5498: left-shift undefined behaviour (bsc#1020353)
- CVE-2017-6850: NULL pointer dereference in jp2_cdef_destroy (jp2_cod.c) (bsc#1021868)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2017:0946-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
jasperMageia:5 |
before 1.900.23-1.mga5 | 1.900.23-1.mga5 |
jasperSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 |
before 1.900.14-184.1 | 1.900.14-184.1 |
jasperSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 |
before 1.900.14-184.1 | 1.900.14-184.1 |
jasperSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 |
before 1.900.14-184.1 | 1.900.14-184.1 |
jasperSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 |
before 1.900.14-184.1 | 1.900.14-184.1 |
jasperSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 |
before 1.900.14-184.1 | 1.900.14-184.1 |
jasperSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 |
before 1.900.14-184.1 | 1.900.14-184.1 |
jasperSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 |
before 1.900.14-184.1 | 1.900.14-184.1 |
jasperSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 |
before 1.900.14-184.1 | 1.900.14-184.1 |
jasperSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 |
before 1.900.14-184.1 | 1.900.14-184.1 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
jasperSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 |
before 1.900.14-134.32.1 | 1.900.14-134.32.1 |
jasperSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 |
before 1.900.14-134.32.1 | 1.900.14-134.32.1 |
jasperSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 |
before 1.900.14-134.32.1 | 1.900.14-134.32.1 |
jasperUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.900.1-debian1-2.41.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu11.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.11.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.21.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.3 |
None known |
jasperopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 1.900.14-3.1 | 1.900.14-3.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-9395 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Jasper Project Jasper, published January 8, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.48%, the 74th percentile. Fixed in jasper 1.900.23-1.mga5.
References
blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/16/jasper-multiple-assertion-failure
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1396977
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00008.html
securityfocus.com/bid/94376
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/17/1
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github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/d42b2388f7f8e0332c846675133acea151fc557a
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9395
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0474.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19605
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/THLEZURI4D24PRM7SMASC5I25IAWXXTM
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20170084-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1010977
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9395
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9395