CVE-2016-9572
Moderate
CVE-2016-9572
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found 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.
Exploit probability
2.2%
Published
August 1, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 7, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
2 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-9572
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A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found 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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109233
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9572
- https://github.com/szukw000/openjpeg/commit/7b28bd2b723df6be09fe7791eba33147c1c47d0d
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/863
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3768
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html