CVE-2016-9572

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 6
Modified
Published: 01 Aug 2018, 16:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 02:50

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
36/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.77% LOW
2% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 Aug 2018, 16:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 02:50
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way openjpeg 2.1.2 decoded certain input images. Due to a logic error in the code responsible for decoding the input image, an application using openjpeg to process image data could crash when processing a crafted image.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.77%• Percentile: 83%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference

    The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0

  • the openjpeg project•openjpeg

    2.1.2

  • uclouvain•openjpeg

    2.1.2

References (7)