CVE-2016-8886

7.8 highEPSS 1.9%

High (7.8) in jasper project jasper. EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 79% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-119
Published: 2017-03-23
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

jasper_project:jasper

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/25/11
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93839
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/18/jasper-memory-allocation-failure-in-jas_malloc-jas_malloc-c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388880

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