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CVE-2016-8693

high

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93587

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/14

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/23/6

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00010.html

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/

https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/44a524e367597af58d6265ae2014468b334d0309

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-9532

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385507

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/16/jasper-double-free-in-mem_close-jas_stream-c/

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3785

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-02-15

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0332