CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-8884
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
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.
Affected configurations
• jasper project jasper 1.900.5
• fedoraproject fedora 23
• fedoraproject fedora 24
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93834 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208 access.redhat.com
- https://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, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385499 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/5d66894d2313e3f3469f19066e149e08ff076698 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EGI2FZQLOTSZI3VA4ECJERI74SMNQDL4/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93834 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208 access.redhat.com
- https://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, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385499 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/5d66894d2313e3f3469f19066e149e08ff076698 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EGI2FZQLOTSZI3VA4ECJERI74SMNQDL4/ lists.fedoraproject.org