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CVE-2016-1577

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1577 is a double free vulnerability in the jas_iccattrval_destroy function of JasPer 1.900.1 and earlier, affecting Canonical Ubuntu Linux and JasPer Project products. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code through a crafted ICC color profile within a JPEG 2000 image file. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.6 (High), it requires user interaction and has a low attack complexity, posing a significant risk to availability, and some risk to confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
15.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.900.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jasper_project:jasper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.6HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0327 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 14,855 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: jasper-0:1.900.1-21.el6_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: jasper-0:1.900.1-30.el7_3
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: mingw-virt-viewer

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-1577Moderate

jasper: double free issue in jas_iccattrval_destroy()

Mar 3, 2016

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1208
bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/jasper/+bug/1547865
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3508
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/03/03/12
securityfocus.com / bid/84133
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2919-1