5.5

CVE-2016-4796: fedoraproject fedora

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2016-4796
Published 03-02-2017Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-4796 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 3.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% 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
3.80%
0%100%
Low · +0.24 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 1
MGASA-2016-0362

Timeline

  1. 03-02-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the color_cmyk_to_rgb in common/color.c in OpenJPEG before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted .j2k file.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.80%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.24 pp

From 3.56% 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
Fedoraproject1 product
Uclouvain1 product

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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