CVE-2016-9573
High
CVE-2016-9573
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in OpenJPEG 2.1.2, in the j2k_to_image tool. Converting a specially crafted JPEG2000 file to another format could cause the application to crash or, potentially, disclose some data from the heap.
Exploit probability
2.6%
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-2016-9573
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An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in OpenJPEG 2.1.2, in the j2k_to_image tool. Converting a specially crafted JPEG2000 file to another format could cause the application to crash or, potentially, disclose some data from the heap.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0838.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97073
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9573
- https://github.com/szukw000/openjpeg/commit/7b28bd2b723df6be09fe7791eba33147c1c47d0d
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/862
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3768