Back
CVE-2016-8887
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…
Medium5.5EPSS 2.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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).
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.2% · top 18% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- FEDORA-2016-6c789ba91d (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 93835 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/18/jasper-null-pointer-dereference-in-jp2_colr_destroy-jp2_cod-c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-e0f0d48142 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388828 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3693-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161022 Re: jasper: NULL pointer dereference in jp2_colr_destroy (jp2_cod.c) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161023 jasper: NULL pointer dereference in jp2_colr_destroy (jp2_cod.c) (incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8887) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/e24bdc716c3327b067c551bc6cfb97fd2370358d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .