CVE-2016-9572

moderate-risk
Published 2018-08-01

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.

Do I need to act?

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1.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 5.9/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Debian Uclouvain

References (14)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109233
Exploit https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9572
Patch https://github.com/szukw000/openjpeg/commit/7b28bd2b723df6be09fe7791eba33147c1c4...
Exploit https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/863
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3768
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109233
Exploit https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9572
Patch https://github.com/szukw000/openjpeg/commit/7b28bd2b723df6be09fe7791eba33147c1c4...
Exploit https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/863
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3768
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
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moderate-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 5/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low