Is CVE-2017-13748 being actively exploited?

It is not currently in CISA's KEV catalog. Its EPSS exploitation probability is 5%.

What products does CVE-2017-13748 affect?

Tracked products affected include Fedora. Check the version you run to see whether it is affected.

How do I fix CVE-2017-13748?

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Upgrade affected products to a fixed version.

CVE-2017-13748

Q: What is CVE-2017-13748?

CVE-2017-13748 is a high-severity software vulnerability (CWE-772) with a CVSS score of 7.5. There are lots of memory leaks in JasPer 2.0.12, triggered in the function jas_strdup() in base/jas_string.c, that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · CWE-772

7.5CVSS HIGH

Summary

There are lots of memory leaks in JasPer 2.0.12, triggered in the function jas_strdup() in base/jas_string.c, that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork

Attack complexityLow

Privileges requiredNone

User interactionNone

Confidentiality impactNone

Integrity impactNone

Availability impactHigh

Exploit probability (EPSS)5%

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products we track (1)

Fedora

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Additional information

NVD record
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100514Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00023.htmlAdvisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N4ALB4SXHURLVWKAOKYRNJXPABW3M22M/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UPOVZTSIQPW2H4AFLMI3LHJEZGBVEQET/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-03Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1485287Advisory