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CVE-2016-9591

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-03-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

JasPer before version 2.0.12 is vulnerable to a use-after-free in the way it decodes certain JPEG 2000 image files resulting in a crash on the application using JasPer.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0
• jasper: before 2.0.12 — fixed in 2.0.12
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: 7.3, 7.4
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0, 7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: jasper 2.0.12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94952
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1406405
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-07
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3827
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94952
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1406405
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-07
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3827

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