CVE-2016-9116: uclouvain openjpeg NULL Pointer Dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-9116 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in uclouvain openjpeg. EPSS estimates a 2.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 6.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2Timeline
- 30-10-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
NULL Pointer Access in function imagetopnm of convert.c:2226(jp2) in OpenJPEG 2.1.2. Impact is Denial of Service. Someone must open a crafted j2k file.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
2.24%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
83%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 2.24% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundOpenjpeg
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu2 products
- openjpegAll versions (No fix recorded)
- openjpeg2All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
- openjpeg2All versions (No fix recorded)
Uclouvain1 product
- openjpeg2.1.2
3 vendors · 4 products