CVE-2016-8884

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer DereferenceCWE-20 — Improper Input Validation7 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.4%
top 38.85%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Fedoraproject FedoraJasper Project Jasper
Timeline
PublishedMar 28
Latest updateMay 14

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Ubuntujasper< 1.900.1-14ubuntu3.4+1

Also affects: Fedora 23, 24

Patches

Patch: blogs.gentoo.org ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-jcm6-3979-rvmm: The bmp_getdata function in libjasper/bmp/bmp_dec↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2016-8884: The bmp_getdata function in libjasper/bmp/bmp_dec↗2017-03-28
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OSV
CVE-2016-8884: The bmp_getdata function in libjasper/bmp/bmp_dec↗2017-03-28
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
jasper: missing jas_matrix_create() parameter checks↗2016-10-15
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
jasper: missing jas_matrix_create() parameter checks (incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8690)↗2016-10-26
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8690 CVE-2016-8884 CVE-2016-8885 jasper: missing jas_matrix_create() parameter checks↗2016-10-17
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CVE-2016-8884 (MEDIUM CVSS 5.5) | The bmp_getdata function in libjasp | cvebase.io