CVE-2016-9572
MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: August 1, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:56 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxOpenjpegOPENJPEG
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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9572x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/szukw000/openjpeg/commit/7b28bd2b723df6be09fe7791eba33147c1c47d0dx_refsource_CONFIRMExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/863Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3768x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.htmlCVSS
5.9MEDIUMredhat
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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