CVE-2016-9573

moderate-risk
Published 2018-08-01

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in OpenJPEG 2.1.2, in the j2k_to_image tool. Converting a specially crafted JPEG2000 file to another format could cause the application to crash or, potentially, disclose some data from the heap.

Do I need to act?

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1.1% 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 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (10)

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Uclouvain

References (14)

Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0838.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97073
Exploit https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9573
Patch https://github.com/szukw000/openjpeg/commit/7b28bd2b723df6be09fe7791eba33147c1c4...
Exploit https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/862
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3768
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0838.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97073
Exploit https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9573
Patch https://github.com/szukw000/openjpeg/commit/7b28bd2b723df6be09fe7791eba33147c1c4...
Exploit https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/862
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3768
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moderate-risk
Severity 20/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 16/34 · Moderate