CVE-2016-1577

Summary

CVECVE-2016-1577
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercanonical
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-13 14:59:08 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionDouble free vulnerability in the jas_iccattrval_destroy function in JasPer 1.900.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ICC color profile in a JPEG 2000 image file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-8137.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.6 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.6HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Application Jasper Project Jasper All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3508-1 jasper af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
oss-security - Security issues in JasPer (CVE-2016-1577 and CVE-2016-2116) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Bug #1547865 “Double free in libjasper jas_icc.c” : Bugs : jasper package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
JasPer Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-2919-1: JasPer vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378165 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for jasper-utils (VZLSA-2017:1208)
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