CVE-2016-1923: uclouvain openjpeg

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-1923 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in uclouvain openjpeg. EPSS estimates a 2.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 27-01-2016
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the opj_j2k_update_image_data function in OpenJpeg 2016.1.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted JPEG 2000 image.

• 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.