NULL pointer dereference in OpenJPEG

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU36803

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9572

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error 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. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

OpenJPEG: 2.1.2

Debian Linux: 2.1.2 - 8.0

External links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109233
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9572
http://github.com/szukw000/openjpeg/commit/7b28bd2b723df6be09fe7791eba33147c1c47d0d
http://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/863
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3768
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.