CVE-2016-8693

HIGH

JasPer <1.900.10 - Use After Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 crafted BMP image to the imginfo command.

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93587
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3785
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/23/6
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00010.html
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/16/jasper-double-free-in-mem_close-jas_stream-c/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/14
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385507

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0061
EPSS Percentile 70.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-415
Status published
Products (3)
fedoraproject/fedora 23
jasper_project/jasper < 1.900.5
opensuse/opensuse 13.2
Published Feb 15, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026