What is CVE-2017-5501?

CVE-2017-5501 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jasper Project, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-01.

How severe is CVE-2017-5501?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-5501 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Integer overflow in Jasper Project

CVE-2017-5501

Integer overflow in libjasper/jpc/jpc_tsfb.c in JasPer 1.900.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

Published 2017-03-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (70.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 70.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jasper Project — versions 1.900.17

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Public proof-of-concept exploits

mrash/afl-cve

References

blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/01/16/jasper-multiple-crashes-with-ubsan/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95666 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5501?: CVE-2017-5501 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jasper Project, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-5501?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-5501 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.