CVE-2016-8693

Summary

CVECVE-2016-8693
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-15 19:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionDouble 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-415 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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 Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Application Jasper Project Jasper All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 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
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: jasper-1.900.13-1.fc23 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
The memory stream interface allows for a buffer size of zero. · mdadams/jasper@44a524e · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
openSUSE-SU-2016:2722-1: moderate: Security update for jasper af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Fuzzing jasper af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Fuzzing jasper af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
jasper: double-free in mem_close (jas_stream.c) | agostino's blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blogs.gentoo.org Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1385507 – (CVE-2016-8693) CVE-2016-8693 jasper: incorrect handling of bufsize 0 in mem_resize() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3785-1 jasper af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
JasPer CVE-2016-8693 Double Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: jasper-1.900.13-1.fc23 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
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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