CVE-2016-8884

Publication date 28 March 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
jasper	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.900.1-14ubuntu3.4
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Notes

sbeattie

reproducer in bug report

mdeslaur

Incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8690 relevant part included in 14_CVE-2016-10249.patch

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
jasper	Upstream: 5d66894 Vendor: https://git.centos.org/blob/rpms!jasper.git/94b862d2431727bf8937bddc216e5094fdb2e1c6/SOURCES!jasper-CVE-2016-8690-CVE-2016-8884-CVE-2016-8885.patch

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H