CVE-2016-8887

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The jp2_colr_destroy function in libjasper/jp2/jp2_cod.c in JasPer before 1.900.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference).

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-476

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93835Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/18/jasper-null-pointer-dereference-in-jp2_colr_destroy-jp2_cod-cThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388828Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/e24bdc716c3327b067c551bc6cfb97fd2370358dIssue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EGI2FZQLOTSZI3VA4ECJERI74SMNQDL4/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3693-1/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93835Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/18/jasper-null-pointer-dereference-in-jp2_colr_destroy-jp2_cod-cThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388828Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/e24bdc716c3327b067c551bc6cfb97fd2370358dIssue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EGI2FZQLOTSZI3VA4ECJERI74SMNQDL4/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3693-1/

Timeline

Published: Mar 23, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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