CVE-2016-2116

Publication date 3 March 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.7 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

Memory leak in the jas_iccprof_createfrombuf function in JasPer 1.900.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ICC color profile in a JPEG 2000 image file.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
jasper 17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1
15.10 wily
Fixed 1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu0.15.10.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.900.1-14ubuntu3.3
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1.900.1-13ubuntu0.3

Patch details

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Package Patch details
jasper

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.7 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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