Double Free Affecting mdadams/jasper package, versions [,1.900.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.22% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MDADAMSJASPER-2366899
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed15 Feb 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-8693  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mdadams/jasper to version 1.900.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Double Free. 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.

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