CVE-2016-8886

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

1.84% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 77.4% 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

Low. 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.

Published

2017-03-23 18:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:35Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-10-22

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d0714f2e6b8f4583541828da704221d6e3ec8b1ad4cef5517853862c01f90ba5

• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-6c789ba91dhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• blogs.gentoo.orghttps://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/18/jasper-memory-allocation-failure-in-jas_malloc-jas_malloc-cx_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com93839http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93839vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161025 Re: Re: jasper: memory allocation failure in jas_malloc (jas_malloc.c)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/25/11mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388880x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161022 Re: jasper: memory allocation failure in jas_malloc (jas_malloc.c)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-e0f0d48142https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EGI2FZQLOTSZI3VA4ECJERI74SMNQDL4/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA