NULL pointer dereference in Fedora - CVE-2016-8690
Published: February 15, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU39648
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8690
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a crafted BMP image in an imginfo command.
Affected software
Fedora
jasper
jasper
How to mitigate CVE-2016-8690
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
jasper - update to 1.900.13-1.fc25
External References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/23/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/14
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93590
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/16/jasper-two-null-pointer-dereference-in-bmp_getdata-bmp_dec-c/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385499
- https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/8f62b4761711d036fd8964df256b938c809b7fca
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00023.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/