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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.32%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.32% probability · 89th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-415
- Affected
- jasper project/jasper · opensuse/opensuse · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 5.3% on 21 September 2026 to 3.3% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- 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/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.