VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-8884

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.38%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-03-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references