# CVE-2016-8654: A heap-buffer overflow vulnerability was found in QMFB code in JPC codec caused by buffer being allocated with too small size.

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-08-01 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- The Jasper Project jasper: 2.0.0

## Description

A heap-buffer overflow vulnerability was found in QMFB code in JPC codec caused by buffer being allocated with too small size. jasper versions before 2.0.0 are affected.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on The Jasper Project jasper, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3785
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94583
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
- https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/issues/93
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8654
- https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/4a59cfaf9ab3d48fca4a15c0d2674bf7138e3d1a
- https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/issues/94

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