CVE-2016-1924

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-1924
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-01-27 20:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe opj_tgt_reset function in OpenJpeg 2016.1.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted JPEG 2000 image.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Uclouvain Openjpeg All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3665-1 openjpeg2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
oss-security - Out-of-bounds Read in the OpenJpeg's opj_j2k_update_image_data and opj_tgt_reset function af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: Out-of-bounds Read in the OpenJpeg's opj_j2k_update_image_data and opj_tgt_reset function af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2020 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
OpenJPEG: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201612-26) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 751971 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for openjpeg2 (SUSE-SU-2022:1129-1)
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