5.5

CVE-2016-3183: uclouvain openjpeg Out-of-bounds Read

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-3183DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3183
Published 03-02-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-3183 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in uclouvain openjpeg. EPSS estimates a 3.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.48%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 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
MGASA-2016-0362SUSE-SU-2022:1129-1

Timeline

  1. 03-02-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The sycc422_t_rgb function in common/color.c in OpenJPEG before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted jpeg2000 file.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.48%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.04 pp

From 3.44% 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: local access, 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

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