What is CVE-2016-8882?

CVE-2016-8882 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jasper Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-8882?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Jasper Project

CVE-2016-8882

The jpc_dec_tilefini function in libjasper/jpc/jpc_dec.c in JasPer before 1.900.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted file.

Published 2017-01-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jasper Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/95864 (vdb-entry)
github.com/mdadams/jasper/issues/30 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3785 (vendor-advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/17/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/8 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8882?: CVE-2016-8882 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jasper Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-8882?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.