CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-9113

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Oct 30, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.6 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW
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There is a NULL pointer dereference in function imagetobmp of convertbmp.c:980 of OpenJPEG 2.1.2. image->comps[0].data is not assigned a value after initialization(NULL). Impact is Denial of Service.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
OpenjpegUclouvain2.1.2 (including)2.1.2 (including)
GhostscriptUbuntutrusty*
OpenjpegUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
OpenjpegUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
OpenjpegUbuntutrusty*
OpenjpegUbuntutrusty/esm*
OpenjpegUbuntuupstream*
OpenjpegUbuntuxenial*
Openjpeg2Ubuntuartful*
Openjpeg2Ubuntuesm-apps/xenial*
Openjpeg2Ubuntuupstream*
Openjpeg2Ubuntuxenial*
Openjpeg2Ubuntuyakkety*
Openjpeg2Ubuntuzesty*

Potential Mitigations

References