CVE-2016-8886

7.8

HIGH

JasPer JasVmwn Memory Allocation Failure Vulnerability

Description

The jas_malloc function in libjasper/base/jas_malloc.c in JasPer before 1.900.11 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted file, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

INFO

Published Date :

March 23, 2017, 6:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:36 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8 Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-8886 has a 7 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-8886 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID	Vendor	Product	Action
1	Jasper_project	jasper

: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-8886.

URL	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/2	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/25/11	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93839	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/18/jasper-memory-allocation-failure-in-jas_malloc-jas_malloc-c	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388880	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EGI2FZQLOTSZI3VA4ECJERI74SMNQDL4/

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

SZU-SE/Uncontrolled-allocation-Fuzzer-TestSuite

[ICSE2020] MemLock DataSet

fuzzing

Makefile Python Shell CMake JavaScript HTML CSS C++ C Java

Updated: 3 years, 1 month ago

1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher

Born at : Oct. 10, 2020, 2:29 a.m. This repo has been linked 18 different CVEs too.

wcventure/MemLock_Benchmark

None

Makefile Python Shell CMake JavaScript HTML CSS C++ C Java

Updated: 2 years ago

1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher

Born at : Oct. 10, 2020, 2:23 a.m. This repo has been linked 40 different CVEs too.

SZU-SE/MemLock_Benchmark

[ICSE2020] MemLock DataSet

fuzzing

Makefile Python Shell CMake JavaScript HTML CSS C++ C Java

Updated: 3 years, 1 month ago

0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher

Born at : Oct. 10, 2020, 2:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 40 different CVEs too.

ICSE2020-MemLock/MemLock_Benchmark

MemLock_Benchmark: The vulnerability related to Excessive Memory Consumption, which can test the ability of fuzzer for generating inputs that consume lost of memory.

Makefile Python Shell CMake JavaScript HTML CSS C++ C Java

Updated: 1 year, 8 months ago

5 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : Dec. 30, 2019, 9:16 a.m. This repo has been linked 40 different CVEs too.

tzf-omkey/MemLock_Benchmark

ExMem_Benchmark: The vulnerability related to Excessive Memory Consumption, which can test the ability of fuzzer for generating inputs that consume lost of memory.

Makefile Python Shell CMake JavaScript HTML CSS C++ C Java

Updated: 4 years, 10 months ago

0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : Dec. 30, 2019, 2:15 a.m. This repo has been linked 40 different CVEs too.

ilpianista/arch-audit

A utility like pkg-audit for Arch Linux. Based on Arch Security Team data.

security archlinux

Rust Makefile

Updated: 4 months ago

330 stars 27 fork 27 watcher

Born at : Sept. 22, 2016, 7:48 p.m. This repo has been linked 16 different CVEs too.

mrash/afl-cve

A collection of vulnerabilities discovered by the AFL fuzzer (afl-fuzz)

Updated: 5 months, 2 weeks ago

88 stars 16 fork 16 watcher

Born at : Aug. 27, 2015, 12:26 a.m. This repo has been linked 332 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-8886 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-8886 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

CVE Modified by [email protected]

May. 14, 2024

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value

CVE Modified by [email protected]

Nov. 07, 2023

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	Reference		MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/ [No types assigned]
Added	Reference		MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EGI2FZQLOTSZI3VA4ECJERI74SMNQDL4/ [No types assigned]
Removed	Reference	MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EGI2FZQLOTSZI3VA4ECJERI74SMNQDL4/
Removed	Reference	MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/

Initial Analysis by [email protected]

Mar. 27, 2017

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CVSS V2		(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Added	CVSS V3		AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/2 No Types Assigned	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EGI2FZQLOTSZI3VA4ECJERI74SMNQDL4/ No Types Assigned	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EGI2FZQLOTSZI3VA4ECJERI74SMNQDL4/ Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93839 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93839 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/25/11 No Types Assigned	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/25/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/ No Types Assigned	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/ Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/18/jasper-memory-allocation-failure-in-jas_malloc-jas_malloc-c No Types Assigned	https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/18/jasper-memory-allocation-failure-in-jas_malloc-jas_malloc-c Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388880 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388880 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Added	CWE		CWE-119
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:jasper_project:jasper:1.900.10::::::: (and previous)

CVE Modified by [email protected]

Mar. 25, 2017

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	Reference		http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93839 [No Types Assigned]

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-8886 is associated with the following CWEs:

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-8886 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

CVE-2016-8886

JasPer JasVmwn Memory Allocation Failure Vulnerability

Description

INFO

March 23, 2017, 6:59 p.m.

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:36 a.m.

No

5.9

1.8

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

Affected Products

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

CVE Modified by [email protected]

CVE Modified by [email protected]

Initial Analysis by [email protected]

CVE Modified by [email protected]

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Exploit Prediction

1.34 }} 0.10%

0.86529

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System

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