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CVE-2016-1577 (GCVE-0-2016-1577)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-13 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:02
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Summary
Double free vulnerability in the jas_iccattrval_destroy function in JasPer 1.900.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ICC color profile in a JPEG 2000 image file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-8137.
Severity
7.6 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/0… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2919-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84133 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2016-03-03 00:00
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