What is CVE-2016-2116?

CVE-2016-2116 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jasper Project, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2016-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-2116?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Jasper Project

CVE-2016-2116

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.

Published 2016-04-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.030 (86.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.030 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jasper Project
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

References

www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3508 (vendor-advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/03/12 (mailing-list)
bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jasper/+bug/1547865
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2919-1 (vendor-advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208 (vendor-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/84133 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2116?: CVE-2016-2116 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jasper Project, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2016-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-2116?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.