5.5

CVE-2016-8884: fedoraproject fedora NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-8884
Published 28-03-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-8884 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 2.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.38%
0%100%
Low · +0.09 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 3
MGASA-2017-0474OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10281-1RHSA-2017:1208SUSE-SU-2016:2775-1SUSE-SU-2016:2776-1

Timeline

  1. 28-03-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.09 pp

From 2.28% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.38%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Fedoraproject1 product
Jasper_project1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • jasper< 1.900.1-14ubuntu3.4 | < 1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.1

3 vendors · 3 products

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