CVE-2016-9600 Null dereference in jasper

What is CVE-2016-9600?

CVE-2016-9600 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 12 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

JasPer before version 2.0.10 is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference was found in the decoded creation of JPEG 2000 image files. A specially crafted file could cause an application using JasPer to crash.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9600?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Jasper Project Jasper, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9600?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2016-9600 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9600 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-r486-9x35-xf6g, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9600.