Out-of-bounds read in Debian Linux and Fedora - CVE-2016-7163

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Out-of-bounds read in Debian Linux and Fedora - CVE-2016-7163

Published: September 21, 2016 / Updated: August 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33492
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7163
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

Integer overflow in the opj_pi_create_decode function in pi.c in OpenJPEG allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JP2 file, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or write.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2016-7163

Install update from vendor's website.

openjpeg (Alpine package) - update to 2.1.1-r1
openjpeg2 - addressed in versions 2.1.1-2.fc23, 2.1.1-2.fc24, 2.1.1-2.fc25, 2.1.1-3.fc23, 2.1.1-3.fc24, 2.1.1-3.fc25
mingw-openjpeg2 - addressed in versions 2.1.1-2.fc23, 2.1.1-2.fc24, 2.1.1-2.fc25, 2.1.1-3.fc23, 2.1.1-3.fc24, 2.1.1-3.fc25

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