CVE-2016-8885

MEDIUM

JasPer < 1.900.8 - Denial of Service via Crafted BMP Image in imginfo Command

Title source: llm

Description

The bmp_getdata function in libjasper/bmp/bmp_dec.c in JasPer before 1.900.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by calling the imginfo command with a crafted BMP image.

References (9)

Core 9

Core References

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/

Various Sources x_refsource_misc

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

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/5

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EGI2FZQLOTSZI3VA4ECJERI74SMNQDL4/

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/1

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/9

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93834

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385499

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0179

EPSS Percentile 75.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Products (1)

jasper_project/jasper < 1.900.8

Published Mar 23, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026