CVE-2017-13746: fedoraproject fedora Reachable Assertion

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-13746 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Reachable Assertion vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 4.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 29-08-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

There is a reachable assertion abort in the function jpc_dec_process_siz() in jpc/jpc_dec.c:1297 in JasPer 2.0.12 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

• CWE-617Reachable AssertionThe product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.