FKIE_CVE-2016-8693

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-02-15 19:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:54
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3785
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/23/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/14Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93587Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
cve@mitre.orghttps://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/16/jasper-double-free-in-mem_close-jas_stream-c/Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385507Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/44a524e367597af58d6265ae2014468b334d0309Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3785
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/23/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/14Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93587Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/16/jasper-double-free-in-mem_close-jas_stream-c/Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385507Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/44a524e367597af58d6265ae2014468b334d0309Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
jasper_project jasper *
opensuse opensuse 13.2
fedoraproject fedora 23
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