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CVE-2016-9557

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9557 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in jas_image.c within JasPer versions prior to 1.900.25, which could lead to a denial of service (application crash) when processing a crafted file. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires local access and user interaction to exploit, with the primary impact being high availability loss. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.900.24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jasper_project:jasper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0186 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-9557Low

jasper: signed integer overflow in jas_image_create()

Nov 12, 2016

References

blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2016/11/19/jasper-signed-integer-overflow-in-jas_image-c
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / mdadams/jasper/commit/d42b2388f7f8e0332c846675133acea151fc557a
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/11/23/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94490
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry