| Name | CVE-2016-8693 |
| Description | Double free vulnerability in the mem_close function in jas_stream.c in JasPer before 1.900.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted BMP image to the imginfo command. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-739-1, DSA-3785-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 841110 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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| jasper (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.900.1-debian1-2.4+deb8u12 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/16/jasper-double-free-in-mem_close-jas_stream-c/
https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/44a524e367597af58d6265ae2014468b334d0309