CVE catalog

CVE-2016-8884

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8884

Severity: High · CVSS 7CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: Oct 15, 2016, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Updated: Apr 22, 2026, 11:03:08 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 2.38% · Oct 25, 2026

The bmp_getdata function in libjasper/bmp/bmp_dec.c in JasPer 1.900.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by calling the imginfo command with a crafted BMP image. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8690.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Ubuntu	jasper	14.04	`1.900.1-14`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	jasper	14.04	`1.900.1-14ubuntu3`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	jasper	14.04	`1.900.1-14ubuntu3.1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	jasper	14.04	`1.900.1-14ubuntu3.2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	jasper	14.04	`1.900.1-14ubuntu3.3`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	jasper	14.04	`1.900.1-14ubuntu3.4`	fixed
Ubuntu	jasper	16.04	`1.900.1-debian1-2.4`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	jasper	16.04	`1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	jasper	16.04	`1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Ubuntu	jasper	deb	14.04	`1.900.1-14ubuntu3.4`	Not reported	UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8884	Not reported
Ubuntu	jasper	deb	16.04	`1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.1`	Not reported	UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8884	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

No matching packages in this catalog.

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:23:37 PM UTC

References

[FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]