CVE-2016-8693

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.

• CWE-415

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3785
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/23/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/14Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93587Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/16/jasper-double-free-in-mem_close-jas_stream-c/Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385507Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/44a524e367597af58d6265ae2014468b334d0309Patch
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3785
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/23/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/14Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93587Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/16/jasper-double-free-in-mem_close-jas_stream-c/Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385507Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/44a524e367597af58d6265ae2014468b334d0309Patch
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/

Published

Feb 15, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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