Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU33247

Buffer overflow in OpenJPEG - CVE-2016-9581

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

Vulnerability identifier: #VU33247

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9581

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: openjpeg.org

Affected software:
OpenJPEG

Detailed vulnerability description

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.

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