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CVE-2017-6852

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6852 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the jpc_dec_decodepkt function within JasPer 2.0.10, allowing remote attackers to achieve significant impact through a crafted image. This vulnerability carries a high severity CVSS score of 7.8, indicating that an attacker could achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jasper_project:jasper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0187 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: netpbm
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: jasper
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: jasper
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: mingw-virt-viewer

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-6852Moderate

jasper: Out of bounds heap read in jpc_dec_decodepkt

Jan 25, 2017

References

blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2017/01/25/jasper-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-jpc_dec_decodepkt-jpc_t2dec-c
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / mdadams/jasper/issues/114
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201908-03