CVE-2016-9572

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.

Affected

The OpenJPEG Project · openjpeg

CVSS v3.0 NVD

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.0 REDHAT

5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

2.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 82nd percentile

Published

2018-08-01

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/8631118★ · 2026-09-05

Security advisories

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9572
• szukw000/openjpeg/commit/7b28bd2b723df6be09fe7791eba33147c1c47d0d
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3768
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109233
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2016-7163
• CVE-2016-9112
• CVE-2016-9113
• CVE-2016-9114
• CVE-2016-9115
• CVE-2016-9116