CVE-2016-9591

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2016-9591 · Published 09/03/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-9591 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting jasper (jasper project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 72.4% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.0.12 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
jasper jasper_project	`< 2.0.12`	`2.0.12`

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.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/94952 · Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208 · Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Exploit
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-07 · Third Party Advisory
debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3827 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

jasper

jasper_project

< 2.0.12

2.0.12

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