Input validation error in Fedora - CVE-2016-4797

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Input validation error in Fedora - CVE-2016-4797

Published: February 3, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU39743
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4797
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted jp2 file.


Affected software

Fedora
HPE Helion Openstack
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
libopenjp2-7
libopenjp2-7-debuginfo
openjpeg2-debuginfo
openjpeg2-debugsource
openjpeg2
mingw-openjpeg2

How to mitigate CVE-2016-4797

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

libopenjp2-7 - update to 2.1.0-4.15.1
libopenjp2-7-debuginfo - update to 2.1.0-4.15.1
openjpeg2-debuginfo - update to 2.1.0-4.15.1
openjpeg2-debugsource - update to 2.1.0-4.15.1
openjpeg2 - addressed in versions 2.1.1-1.fc23, 2.1.1-1.fc24
mingw-openjpeg2 - addressed in versions 2.1.1-1.fc23, 2.1.1-1.fc24

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