CVE-2016-8884

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2016-8884 · Published 28/03/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-8884 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting jasper (jasper project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.4%, higher than 83.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
jasper jasper_project	`= 1.900.5`	No fix yet

Description

The bmp_getdata function in libjasper/bmp/bmp_dec.c in JasPer 1.900.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by calling the imginfo command with a crafted BMP image. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8690.

References

openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/1 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/9 · Mailing List
securityfocus.com/bid/93834 · Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/18/jasper-two-null-pointer-dereference-in-bmp_getdata-bmp_dec-c-incomplete-fix-for-cve-2016-8690 · Patch
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
mdadams/jasper commit 5d66894 · Issue Tracking
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EGI2FZQLOTSZI3VA4ECJERI74SMNQDL4

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