CVE-2016-8654

Publication date 30 November 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

A heap-buffer overflow vulnerability was found in QMFB code in JPC codec caused by buffer being allocated with too small size. jasper versions before 2.0.0 are affected.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
jasper 17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1.900.1-debian1-2.4+deb8u2build0.16.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.900.1-14ubuntu3.4
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

fixed in (1.900.1-debian1-2.4+deb8u2)

Patch details

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Package Patch details
jasper

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

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