CVE-2016-2116

MEDIUM

Canonical Ubuntu Linux < 1.900.1 - Resource Management Error

Title source: rule

Description

Memory leak in the jas_iccprof_createfrombuf function in JasPer 1.900.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ICC color profile in a JPEG 2000 image file.

References (6)

Scores

CVSS v3 5.7
EPSS 0.0734
EPSS Percentile 91.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-399
Status draft

Affected Products (4)

canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux
jasper_project/jasper < 1.900.1

Timeline

Published Apr 13, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026