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CVE-2017-5499

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5499 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the JasPer library (version 1.900.17), specifically within the jpc_dec.c component, affecting the jasper_project jasper product. This flaw allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger a denial of service (crash) by enticing a user to open a specially crafted file. While the attack complexity is low, requiring user interaction, the impact is limited to availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.900.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jasper_project:jasper:1.900.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0133 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 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

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: jasper

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5499Low

jasper: Signed integer overflow in jpc_dequantize() in jpc_dec.c

Oct 28, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00082.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00085.html
blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2017/01/16/jasper-multiple-crashes-with-ubsan
ExploitThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95666