CVE-2016-8693
Double free vulnerability in the mem_close function in jas_stream.c in JasPer before 1.900.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a
02 Description
Double free vulnerability in the mem_close function in jas_stream.c in JasPer before 1.900.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-02-15 19:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 02:27Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-10-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- bb7f94db1826749ad2860c136086bc44ba4168fbeaa29fc70d62787beb625ce3
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-6c789ba91dhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/
- www.securityfocus.com93587http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93587
- www.debian.orgDSA-3785http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3785
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1208https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160823 Fuzzing jasperhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/23/6
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2722http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00010.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/44a524e367597af58d6265ae2014468b334d0309
- blogs.gentoo.orghttps://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/16/jasper-double-free-in-mem_close-jas_stream-c/
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161015 Re: Fuzzing jasperhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/14
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385507
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- jasper Fixed in 1.900.31-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- jasper Fixed in 1.900.1-14ubuntu3.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- jasper Fixed in 1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.