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    CVE-2016-8886

    The jas_malloc function in libjasper/base/jas_malloc.c in JasPer before 1.900.11 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted file, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

    Published:Oct 18, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Mar 23, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00317
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Jasper Project
    Product
    Jasper

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-10 Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    CAPEC-100 Overflow Buffers
    CAPEC-123 Buffer Manipulation
    CAPEC-125 Flooding
    CAPEC-130 Excessive Allocation
    CAPEC-14 Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    CAPEC-147 XML Ping of the Death
    CAPEC-197 Exponential Data Expansion
    CAPEC-229 Serialized Data Parameter Blowup
    CAPEC-230 Serialized Data with Nested Payloads
    CAPEC-231 Oversized Serialized Data Payloads
    CAPEC-24 Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    CAPEC-42 MIME Conversion
    CAPEC-44 Overflow Binary Resource File
    CAPEC-45 Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links
    CAPEC-46 Overflow Variables and Tags
    CAPEC-469 HTTP DoS
    CAPEC-47 Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion
    CAPEC-482 TCP Flood
    CAPEC-486 UDP Flood
    CAPEC-487 ICMP Flood
    CAPEC-488 HTTP Flood
    CAPEC-489 SSL Flood
    CAPEC-490 Amplification
    CAPEC-491 Quadratic Data Expansion
    CAPEC-493 SOAP Array Blowup
    CAPEC-494 TCP Fragmentation
    CAPEC-495 UDP Fragmentation
    CAPEC-496 ICMP Fragmentation
    CAPEC-528 XML Flood
    CAPEC-8 Buffer Overflow in an API Call
    CAPEC-9 Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities

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    References

    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/2
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/25/11
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93839
    https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/18/jasper-memory-allocation-failure-in-jas_malloc-jas_malloc-c
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388880
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EGI2FZQLOTSZI3VA4ECJERI74SMNQDL4/
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/2
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/25/11
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93839
    https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/18/jasper-memory-allocation-failure-in-jas_malloc-jas_malloc-c
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388880
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EGI2FZQLOTSZI3VA4ECJERI74SMNQDL4/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High