CVE-2016-8690 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2016-8690?

CVE-2016-8690 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 15 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8690?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Jasper Project Jasper.

How do I fix CVE-2016-8690?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2016-8690 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8690 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-4c94-48c4-m77x, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8690.