Medium severity · published Aug 1, 2018
CVE-2016-9572
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way openjpeg 2.1.2 decoded certain input images
6.5
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
openjpeg · The OpenJPEG Project
2.1.2 · source: vendor, NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9572
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9572
www.securityfocus.com
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/7b28bd2b723df6be09fe7791eba33147c1c47d0d
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
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