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CVE-2016-8886

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

• jasper: through 1.900.10

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

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