Medium
Security advisory
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).
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2016-8887
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:11 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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).
osv:CVE-2016-8887
Complete source record
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