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CVE-2016-8885

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8885 describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the bmp_getdata function of JasPer versions prior to 1.900.9, affecting the jasper_project. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) can be triggered by a local attacker providing a specially crafted BMP image, leading to a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.900.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jasper_project:jasper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0179 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (4)

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-2016-8885Moderate

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
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
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
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/5
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/9
securityfocus.com / bid/93834