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CVE-2016-8886

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8886 describes a memory allocation failure vulnerability within the jas_malloc function of libjasper/base/jas_malloc.c in JasPer versions prior to 1.900.11. This flaw allows remote attackers to cause unspecified impact by providing a specially crafted file. Rated as High severity (CVSS 7.8), successful exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.900.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jasper_project:jasper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0184 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 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 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: netpbm
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: jasper
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: jasper
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: mingw-virt-viewer

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-8886Low

jasper: no upper limit on memory allocations in jas_malloc()

Oct 18, 2016

References

blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2016/10/18/jasper-memory-allocation-failure-in-jas_malloc-jas_malloc-c
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EGI2FZQLOTSZI3VA4ECJERI74SMNQDL4
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/25/11
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93839
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry