CVE-2016-8654
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 1, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:54 AM UTC
7 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxEnterprise Linux DesktopEnterprise Linux Server
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 2.0.02.0.0
Affected range stops below 2.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
95%
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%95%
95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94583Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8654x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/4a59cfaf9ab3d48fca4a15c0d2674bf7138e3d1ax_refsource_CONFIRMExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/issues/93x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/issues/94Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3785CVSS
7.8HIGHredhat
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-122CWE-119
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