What is CVE-2016-10249?

CVE-2016-10249 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jasper Project, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-03-15.

How severe is CVE-2016-10249?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Integer overflow in Jasper Project

CVE-2016-10249

Integer overflow in the jpc_dec_tiledecode function in jpc_dec.c in JasPer before 1.900.12 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

Published 2017-03-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (80.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jasper Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/23/jasper-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-jpc_dec_ti… (Exploit, Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/988f8365f7d8ad8073b6786e433d34c553ecf568 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208 (vendor-advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3827 (vendor-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93838 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10249?: CVE-2016-10249 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jasper Project, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-03-15.
How severe is CVE-2016-10249?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.