Medium severity · published Mar 23, 2017
CVE-2016-8887
The jp2_colr_destroy function in libjasper/jp2/jp2_cod.c in JasPer before 1.900.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference)
5.5
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The jp2_colr_destroy function in libjasper/jp2/jp2_cod.c in JasPer before 1.900.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
23; 24 · source: NVD
JA
Jasper · Jasper Project
through 1.900.9 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8887
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8887
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/3
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/6
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93835
Third Party Advisory
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/18/jasper-null-pointer-dereference-in-jp2_colr_destroy-jp2_cod-c
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388828
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/e24bdc716c3327b067c551bc6cfb97fd2370358d
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