CVE-2016-9573

Summary

CVECVE-2016-9573
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-01 06:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:27:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Uclouvain Openjpeg 2.1.2 All All All
Application Uclouvain Openjpeg 2.1.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OpenJPEG: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201710-26) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
CVE-2016-9573 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
1402711 – (CVE-2016-9573) CVE-2016-9573 openjpeg: heap out-of-bounds read due to insufficient check in imagetopnm() MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
1402711 – (CVE-2016-9573) CVE-2016-9573 openjpeg: heap out-of-bounds read due to insufficient check in imagetopnm() CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
OpenJPEG CVE-2016-9573 Out of Bounds Read Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3768-1 openjpeg2 DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Changes for issues #863 and #862 · szukw000/openjpeg@7b28bd2 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Openjpeg-2.1.2 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability due to Insufficient check · Issue #862 · uclouvain/openjpeg · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378259 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for openjpeg (VZLSA-2017:0838)
  • 710394 Gentoo Linux OpenJPEG Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201710-26)
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