6.5

CVE-2016-1924: uclouvain openjpeg

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-1924DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1924
Published 27-01-2016Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-1924 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in uclouvain openjpeg. EPSS estimates a 3.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.36%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
DSA-3665-1SUSE-SU-2022:1129-1

Timeline

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

Description

The opj_tgt_reset 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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 3.36% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • openjpeg2< 2.1.1-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • openjpeg2< 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u2build0.1
Uclouvain1 product

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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