CVE-2016-8884

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    CVE-2016-8884

    Published: 28 Mar 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EGI2FZQLOTSZI3VA4ECJERI74SMNQDL4/, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/1, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/9, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93834, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208, 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/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385499, https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/5d66894d2313e3f3469f19066e149e08ff076698

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- e85c498d29cde9d5062e7aaae5a6bf018e80552d
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.900.5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
    None
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    High
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