| Name | CVE-2016-8887 |
| 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). |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-739-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| jasper (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.900.1-debian1-2.4+deb8u12 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| jasper | source | wheezy | 1.900.1-13+deb7u5 | | DLA-739-1 | |
| jasper | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/18/jasper-null-pointer-dereference-in-jp2_colr_destroy-jp2_cod-c
Fixed by: https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/e24bdc716c3327b067c551bc6cfb97fd2370358d (version-1.900.10)
When fixing this issue look at the followup report
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/23/jasper-null-pointer-dereference-in-jp2_colr_destroy-jp2_cod-c-incomplete-fix-for-cve-2016-8887
and include the fix to not make jasper vulnerable to the incomplete fix.
Not suitable for code injection, hardly denial of service