CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-9572

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Aug 01, 2018 | Modified: Feb 12, 2023
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
4.3 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
5.9 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

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
Openjpeg Uclouvain 2.1.2 (including) 2.1.2 (including)
Openjpeg Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Openjpeg Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Openjpeg Ubuntu trusty *
Openjpeg Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Openjpeg Ubuntu upstream *
Openjpeg Ubuntu xenial *
Openjpeg2 Ubuntu artful *
Openjpeg2 Ubuntu upstream *
Openjpeg2 Ubuntu xenial *
Openjpeg2 Ubuntu yakkety *
Openjpeg2 Ubuntu zesty *

Potential Mitigations

References