#VU39348 NULL pointer dereference in JasPer and Fedora - CVE-2016-8884 

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#VU39348 NULL pointer dereference in JasPer and Fedora - CVE-2016-8884

Published: March 28, 2017 / Updated: March 13, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU39348
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8884
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
JasPer
Fedora
Software vendor:
The JasPer Project
Fedoraproject

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error 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. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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