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CVE-2016-8884

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8884 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in JasPer 1.900.5, specifically within the bmp_getdata function, affecting products like Fedora and JasPer itself. An attacker can trigger a NULL pointer dereference by providing a crafted BMP image to the imginfo command, stemming from an incomplete fix for a previous vulnerability. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and user interaction, leading to a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, indicating a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.900.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jasper_project:jasper:1.900.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0228 is in the 91st 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-2016-8884Moderate

jasper: missing jas_matrix_create() parameter checks

Oct 15, 2016

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1208
blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2016/10/18/jasper-two-null-pointer-dereference-in-bmp_getdata-bmp_dec-c-incomplete-fix-for-cve-2016-8690
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
github.com / mdadams/jasper/commit/5d66894d2313e3f3469f19066e149e08ff076698
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EGI2FZQLOTSZI3VA4ECJERI74SMNQDL4
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/9
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93834
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry