Double Free in Opensuse and Fedora - CVE-2016-8693
Published: February 15, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU39651
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8693
CWE-ID: CWE-415
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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.
Affected software
Opensuse
Fedora
jasper
Fedora
jasper
How to mitigate CVE-2016-8693
Install update from vendor's website.
jasper - update to 1.900.13-1.fc25
External References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00010.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3785
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/23/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/14
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93587
- 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/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385507
- https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/44a524e367597af58d6265ae2014468b334d0309
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/