CVE-2016-8691: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The jpc_dec_process_siz function in libjasper/jpc/jpc_dec.c in JasPer before 1.900.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted XRsiz value in a BMP image to the imginfo command.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 25 only
• Jasper Project Jasper: up to and including 1.900.3

Published 2017-02-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.