CVE-2017-6852
Heap-based buffer overflow in the jpc_dec_decodepkt function in jpc_t2dec.c in JasPer 2.0.10 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.87%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the jpc_dec_decodepkt function in jpc_t2dec.c in JasPer 2.0.10 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.87% probability · 79th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- jasper project/jasper
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/01/25/jasper-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-jpc_dec_decodepkt-jpc_t2dec-c/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/issues/114Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-03
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/01/25/jasper-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-jpc_dec_decodepkt-jpc_t2dec-c/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/issues/114Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-03
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.