CVE-2016-9573
CVE-2016-9573 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Intelligence
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in OpenJPEG 2.1.2, in the j2k_to_image tool. Converting a specially crafted JPEG2000 file to another format could cause the application to crash or, potentially, disclose some data from the heap.
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, redhat
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
3%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
6.5
MEDIUM
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (1)
Products (1)
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | CVSS 3.0 | MEDIUM | — | — | cvelistV5 |
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-125
References
7 on the record
- github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/862
x_refsource_CONFIRM
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26
vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97073
vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
- github.com/szukw000/openjpeg/commit/7b28bd2b723df6be09fe7791eba33147c1c47d0d
x_refsource_CONFIRM
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0838.html
vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9573
x_refsource_CONFIRM
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3768
vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
Elsewhere on this site
- the openjpeg projectevery CVE for this vendor
- CWE-125other pages naming this weakness
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.