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CVE-2016-8690

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8690 describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the bmp_getdata function of the JasPer library (versions prior to 1.900.5), specifically affecting Fedora Project and JasPer Project products. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) can be triggered by a remote attacker providing a crafted BMP image, leading to a denial of service. While the attack complexity is low, user interaction is required, and the impact is limited to availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.900.29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jasper_project:jasper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0241 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: jasper-0:1.900.1-21.el6_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: jasper-0:1.900.1-30.el7_3
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: netpbm
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: mingw-virt-viewer

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-8690Moderate

jasper: missing jas_matrix_create() parameter checks

Oct 15, 2016

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1208
blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2016/10/16/jasper-two-null-pointer-dereference-in-bmp_getdata-bmp_dec-c
ExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / mdadams/jasper/commit/8f62b4761711d036fd8964df256b938c809b7fca
Patch
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00023.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/08/23/6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/14
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93590
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry