What is CVE-2016-1867?

CVE-2016-1867 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jasper Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-01-20.

How severe is CVE-2016-1867?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Jasper Project

CVE-2016-1867

The jpc_pi_nextcprl function in JasPer 1.900.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted JPEG 2000 image.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2016-01-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.023 (82.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jasper Project — versions 1.900.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/81488 (vdb-entry)
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3785 (vendor-advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/13/2 (mailing-list)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208 (vendor-advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/13/6 (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1867?: CVE-2016-1867 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jasper Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-01-20.
How severe is CVE-2016-1867?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.