CVE-2022-40755

jasper: Reachable assertion in inttobits, jas_image.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 17, 2022

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A vulnerability was found in JasPer. A reachable assertion in the inttobits function in libjasper/base/jas_image.c, leads to a denial of service.

Statement

Red Hat has determined this flaw to be of low impact as successful exploitation results in a crash (denial of service) of the application and does not impact system-wide stability or lead to arbitrary code execution or memory corruption.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion