CVE-2016-8690: fedoraproject fedora NULL Pointer Dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-8690 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 2.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 3Timeline
- 15-02-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The bmp_getdata function in libjasper/bmp/bmp_dec.c in JasPer before 1.900.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted BMP image in an imginfo command.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
2.51%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
85%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.10 pp
From 2.41% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (blogs.gentoo.org)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL23
Jasper_project1 product
- jasper≤ 1.900.29
Ubuntu1 product
- jasper< 1.900.1-14ubuntu3.4 | < 1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.1
3 vendors · 3 products
References
11 links
- blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/16/jasper-two-null-pointer-dereference-in-bmp_getdata-bmp_dec-c/X Refsource MISCExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryREPORT
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385499X Refsource CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry