Medium severity · published Oct 30, 2016
CVE-2016-9118
Heap Buffer Overflow (WRITE of size 4) in function pnmtoimage of convert.c:1719 in OpenJPEG 2.1.2
5.3
CVSS
3.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Heap Buffer Overflow (WRITE of size 4) in function pnmtoimage of convert.c:1719 in OpenJPEG 2.1.2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.1% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Openjpeg · Uclouvain
2.1.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9118
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9118
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4013
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93976
Exploit
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/861
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26
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