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CVE-2016-9583

• 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: yes
• Published: 2018-08-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

An out-of-bounds heap read vulnerability was found in the jpc_pi_nextpcrl() function of jasper before 2.0.6 when processing crafted input.

Affected products

• jasper: before 2.0.6 — fixed in 2.0.6
• Oracle Corporation Outside In Technology: 8.5.3
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 7.3, 7.4, 7.6
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: 7.3, 7.6
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0, 7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: jasper 2.0.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94925
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9583
• https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/aa0b0f79ade5eef8b0e7a214c03f5af54b36ba7d
• https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/f25486c3d4aa472fec79150f2c41ed4333395d3d
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94925
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9583
• https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/aa0b0f79ade5eef8b0e7a214c03f5af54b36ba7d
• https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/f25486c3d4aa472fec79150f2c41ed4333395d3d
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html

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