Use-after-free in JasPer - CVE-2016-9591
Published: March 12, 2018 / Updated: March 13, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10944
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9591
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: The JasPer Project
Affected software:
JasPer
JasPer
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to use-after-free error when processing crafted JPEG 2000 image files. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted JPEG 2000 image file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-9591
Update to version 2.0.12.