A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way openjpeg 2.1.2 decoded certain input images. Due to a logic error in the code responsible for decoding the input image, an application using openjpeg to process image data could crash when processing a crafted image.
CVE-2016-9572
Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 5.9; sources differ by 0.6.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 5.9
- EG Score
- 6.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 80.2%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 1, 2018
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (14)
- secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109233
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9572
- secalert@redhathttps://github.com/szukw000/openjpeg/commit/7b28bd2b723df6be09fe7791eba33147c1c47d0d
- secalert@redhathttps://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/863
- secalert@redhathttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26
- secalert@redhathttps://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3768
- secalert@redhathttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109233
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9572
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/szukw000/openjpeg/commit/7b28bd2b723df6be09fe7791eba33147c1c47d0d
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/863
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3768
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
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