CVE-2016-8884

medium

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.

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https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/5d66894d2313e3f3469f19066e149e08ff076698

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/

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

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

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

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

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

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-9709

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-28

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00124