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CVE-2016-2116 (GCVE-0-2016-2116)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-13 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:17
VLAI
Summary
Memory leak in the jas_iccprof_createfrombuf function in JasPer 1.900.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ICC color profile in a JPEG 2000 image file.
Severity
5.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jasper/… x_refsource_CONFIRM
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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