vulnerability
Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2016-9591)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Mar 9, 2018 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 9, 2018
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
A heap-use-after-free vulnerability has been found in jasper. The vulnerability exists in code responsible for re-encoding the decoded input image file to a J2P image. The vulnerability is caused by not setting related pointers to be null after the pointers are freed (i.e. missing Setting-Pointer-Null operations after free). The vulnerability can further cause double-free.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2016-9591
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-9591
- URL-http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94952
- URL-https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
- URL-https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1406405
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201703-9
- URL-https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-07
- URL-https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3827
- CWE-416
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