CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-3616

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Feb 13, 2017 | Modified: Aug 06, 2019
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
6.8 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW

The cjpeg utility in libjpeg allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Libjpeg-turbo Libjpeg-turbo 7.4 (including) 7.4 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat libjpeg-turbo-0:1.2.90-8.el7 *
Libjpeg-turbo Ubuntu precise *
Libjpeg-turbo Ubuntu trusty *
Libjpeg-turbo Ubuntu upstream *
Libjpeg-turbo Ubuntu vivid/stable-phone-overlay *
Libjpeg-turbo Ubuntu wily *
Libjpeg9 Ubuntu artful *
Libjpeg9 Ubuntu bionic *
Libjpeg9 Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Libjpeg9 Ubuntu xenial *
Libjpeg9 Ubuntu yakkety *
Libjpeg9 Ubuntu zesty *

Potential Mitigations

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