CVE-2016-8690

MEDIUM

JasPer <1.900.5 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

The bmp_getdata function in libjasper/bmp/bmp_dec.c in JasPer before 1.900.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted BMP image in an imginfo command.

References (9)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/23/6

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/14

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93590

[Vendor Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208

[Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/16/jasper-two-null-pointer-dereference-in-bmp_getdata-bmp_dec-c/

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385499

[Patch] https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/8f62b4761711d036fd8964df256b938c809b7fca

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[Mailing List] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00023.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0042

EPSS Percentile 61.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Affected Products (3)

jasper_project/jasper < 1.900.29

fedoraproject/fedora

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Feb 15, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026