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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-8691

The jpc_dec_process_siz function in libjasper/jpc/jpc_dec.c in JasPer before 1.900.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted XRsiz value in a BMP image to the imginfo command.

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CVE-2016-8691

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Feb 2017, 19:59 UTC

The jpc_dec_process_siz function in libjasper/jpc/jpc_dec.c in JasPer before 1.900.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted XRsiz value in a BMP image to the imginfo command.

osv:CVE-2016-8691
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8691",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "The jpc_dec_process_siz function in libjasper/jpc/jpc_dec.c in JasPer before 1.900.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted XRsiz value in a BMP image to the imginfo command.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T13:19:38.287823844Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/THLEZURI4D24PRM7SMASC5I25IAWXXTM/",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208",
        "https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/16/jasper-two-divide-by-zero-in-jpc_dec_process_siz-jpc_dec-c/",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385502",
        "https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/d8c2604cd438c41ec72aff52c16ebd8183068020"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 387520,
  "published_at": "2017-02-15T19:59:00.797+00:00"
}