Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting jasper package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.74% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-JASPER-343072
  • published9 Sept 2017
  • disclosed9 Sept 2017

Introduced: 9 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14229  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:14.04 jasper.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jasper package and not the jasper package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is an infinite loop in the jpc_dec_tileinit function in jpc/jpc_dec.c of Jasper 2.0.13. It will lead to a remote denial of service attack.