Medium severity · published Mar 9, 2018
CVE-2016-9591
JasPer before version 2.0.12 is vulnerable to a use-after-free in the way it decodes certain JPEG 2000 image files resulting in a crash on the application using JasPer
5.5
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
JasPer before version 2.0.12 is vulnerable to a use-after-free in the way it decodes certain JPEG 2000 image files resulting in a crash on the application using JasPer.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 72% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
7.3; 7.4 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
JA
Jasper · Jasper Project
before 2.0.12 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9591
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9591
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94952
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1406405
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-07
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3827
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