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CVE-2016-8885

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

The bmp_getdata function in libjasper/bmp/bmp_dec.c in JasPer before 1.900.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by calling the imginfo command with a crafted BMP image.

Affected products

• jasper: through 1.900.8

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/5
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/9
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93834
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/18/jasper-two-null-pointer-dereference-in-bmp_getdata-bmp_dec-c-incomplete-fix-for-cve-2016-8690
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385499
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EGI2FZQLOTSZI3VA4ECJERI74SMNQDL4/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/5
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/9

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