NULL pointer dereference in Fedora - CVE-2016-8887
Published: March 23, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU39396
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8887
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Fedoraproject
Affected software:
Fedora
Fedora
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in libjasper/jp2/jp2_cod.c in JasPer before 1.900.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference). A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-8887
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93835
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/18/jasper-null-pointer-dereference-in-jp2_colr_destroy-jp2_cod-c
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388828
- https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/e24bdc716c3327b067c551bc6cfb97fd2370358d
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EGI2FZQLOTSZI3VA4ECJERI74SMNQDL4/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3693-1/