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CVE-2016-8691

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8691 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in JasPer versions prior to 1.900.4, specifically within the jpc_dec_process_siz function. This flaw allows a remote attacker to trigger a divide-by-zero error and application crash by providing a specially crafted BMP image with a malicious XRsiz value to the imginfo command. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), exploitation requires local access and user interaction, leading to high availability impact but no confidentiality or integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.900.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jasper_project:jasper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0217 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 5,765 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-2016-8691Low

jasper: missing SIZ marker segment XRsiz and YRsiz fields range check

Oct 15, 2016

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1208
blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2016/10/16/jasper-two-divide-by-zero-in-jpc_dec_process_siz-jpc_dec-c
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / mdadams/jasper/commit/d8c2604cd438c41ec72aff52c16ebd8183068020
Patch
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/THLEZURI4D24PRM7SMASC5I25IAWXXTM
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3785
Third Party Advisory
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/93593
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry