CVE-2016-8693: fedoraproject fedora Double Free
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-8693 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Double Free vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 3.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 4Timeline
- 15-02-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
3.32%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
88%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
-0.10 pp
From 3.42% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (blogs.gentoo.org)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL23
Jasper_project1 product
- jasper≤ 1.900.5
Opensuse1 product
- opensuseEOL13.2
Ubuntu1 product
- jasper< 1.900.1-14ubuntu3.4 | < 1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.1
4 vendors · 4 products
References
13 links
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00010.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEThird Party Advisory
- blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/16/jasper-double-free-in-mem_close-jas_stream-c/X Refsource MISCExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryREPORT
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385507X Refsource CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry