CVE-2016-2116 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory consumption by submitting crafted JPEG 2000 images with malicious ICC profiles to applications using JasPer.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-2116?
CVE-2016-2116 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 13 Apr 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Memory leak in the jas_iccprof_createfrombuf function in JasPer 1.900.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ICC color profile in a JPEG 2000 image file.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2116?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Jasper Project Jasper.
How do I fix CVE-2016-2116?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-2116 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2116 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mqg5-576j-g363, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2116.