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CVE-2016-8654

Published: 30 November 2016

A heap-buffer overflow vulnerability was found in QMFB code in JPC codec caused by buffer being allocated with too small size. jasper versions before 2.0.0 are affected.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
fixed in (1.900.1-debian1-2.4+deb8u2)

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
jasper
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty
Released (1.900.1-14ubuntu3.4)
upstream Needed

xenial
Released (1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.1)
yakkety
Released (1.900.1-debian1-2.4+deb8u2build0.16.10.1)
zesty Does not exist

Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/4a59cfaf9ab3d48fca4a15c0d2674bf7138e3d1a

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H