CVE-2016-1577: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.6. EPSS: 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Double free vulnerability in the jas_iccattrval_destroy function in JasPer 1.900.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ICC color profile in a JPEG 2000 image file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-8137.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 15.10 only
• Jasper Project Jasper: up to and including 1.900.1

Published 2016-04-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.