Buffer overflow in OpenJPEG - CVE-2016-9581

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Buffer overflow in OpenJPEG - CVE-2016-9581

Published: August 1, 2018 / Updated: August 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33247
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9581
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

An infinite loop vulnerability in tiftoimage that results in heap buffer overflow in convert_32s_C1P1 was found in openjpeg 2.1.2.


Affected software

OpenJPEG
SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise
openjpeg (Alpine package)
openjpeg2
mingw-openjpeg2
SUSE Linux
Slackware Linux
Fedora
Opensuse

How to mitigate CVE-2016-9581

Install update from vendor's website.

OpenJPEG - update to 2.2.0
openjpeg (Alpine package) - update to 2.1.2-r1
openjpeg2 - addressed in versions 2.1.2-3.fc23, 2.1.2-3.fc24, 2.1.2-3.fc25
mingw-openjpeg2 - addressed in versions 2.1.2-3.fc23, 2.1.2-3.fc24, 2.1.2-3.fc25

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