CVE-2017-5498
libjasper/include/jasper/jas_math.h in JasPer 1.900.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial...
libjasper/include/jasper/jas_math.h in JasPer 1.900.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving left shift of a negative value.
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
libjasper/include/jasper/jas_math.h in JasPer 1.900.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving left shift of a negative value.
- Record
CVE-2017-5498- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
libjasper/include/jasper/jas_math.h in JasPer 1.900.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving left shift of a negative value.
- Record
CVE-2017-5498- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-14602 No score
libjasper/include/jasper/jas_math.h in JasPer 1.900.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving left shift of a negative value.
- Record
EUVD-2017-14602- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p89j-mqxr-vxqx
libjasper/include/jasper/jas_math.h in JasPer 1.900.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial...
libjasper/include/jasper/jas_math.h in JasPer 1.900.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving left shift of a negative value.
- Record
GHSA-p89j-mqxr-vxqx- 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
OSV
libjasper/include/jasper/jas_math.h in JasPer 1.900.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving left shift of a negative value.
- Record
CVE-2017-5498- 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-2017-5498
libjasper/include/jasper/jas_math.h in JasPer 1.900.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving left shift of a negative value.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5498- 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
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10869-1 No score
jasper-2.0.33-1.2 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the jasper-2.0.33-1.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10869-1- 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
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:0953-1 No score
Security update for jasper
This update for jasper fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
- 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)
- CVE-2016-9583: Out of bounds heap read in jpc_pi_nextpcrl() (bsc#1015400)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2017:0953-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
jasperSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 1.900.14-134.32.1 | 1.900.14-134.32.1 |
jasperSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 1.900.14-134.32.1 | 1.900.14-134.32.1 |
jasperSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 1.900.14-134.32.1 | 1.900.14-134.32.1 |
jasperSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.900.14-194.1 | 1.900.14-194.1 |
jasperSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.900.14-194.1 | 1.900.14-194.1 |
jasperSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.900.14-194.1 | 1.900.14-194.1 |
jasperSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.900.14-194.1 | 1.900.14-194.1 |
jasperSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.900.14-194.1 | 1.900.14-194.1 |
jasperSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.900.14-194.1 | 1.900.14-194.1 |
jasperSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.900.14-194.1 | 1.900.14-194.1 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
jasperSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.900.14-194.1 | 1.900.14-194.1 |
jasperSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.900.14-194.1 | 1.900.14-194.1 |
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 From an advisory covering 38 CVEs |
before 2.0.33-1.2 | 2.0.33-1.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| 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-2017-5498 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Jasper Project Jasper, published March 1, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.08%, the 65th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/01/16/jasper-multiple-crashes-with-ubsan
securityfocus.com/bid/95666
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5498
github.com/advisories/GHSA-p89j-mqxr-vxqx
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20170946-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1010977
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ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5498
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5498