CVE-2016-10504: uclouvain openjpeg

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-10504 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in uclouvain openjpeg. EPSS estimates a 8.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 30-08-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the opj_mqc_byteout function in mqc.c in OpenJPEG before 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted bmp file.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.