CVE-2017-5501

FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5501 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the JasPer library (version 1.900.17), specifically within the libjasper/jpc/jpc_tsfb.c component, which could lead to a denial of service. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and primarily impacting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(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

68.2%

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 79th percentile among its peer group of 5,760 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 Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5501Low

jasper: Signed integer overflow in jpc_tsfb_getbands2() in jpc_tsfb.c

Oct 28, 2016

References

blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2017/01/16/jasper-multiple-crashes-with-ubsan

ExploitThird Party Advisory

securityfocus.com / bid/95666