vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-8884): jasper vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 28, 2017
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 19, 2025

Description

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.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-jasper
Title
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