CVE-2016-4796 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Openjpeg

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-228 — Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid StructureCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer OverflowCWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-77 — Command Injection12 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 50.98%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
THE Openjpeg Project Openjpeg2Uclouvain OpenjpegFedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedFeb 3
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the color_cmyk_to_rgb in common/color.c in OpenJPEG before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted .j2k file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianthe_openjpeg_project/openjpeg2< 2.1.1-1+3

Also affects: Fedora 23, 24

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-2mcf-r7v5-r97j: Heap-based buffer overflow in the color_cmyk_to_rgb in common/color↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2016-4796: Heap-based buffer overflow in the color_cmyk_to_rgb in common/color↗2017-02-03
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CVEList
CVE-2016-4796: Heap-based buffer overflow in the color_cmyk_to_rgb in common/color↗2017-02-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
nagios: Command injection via curl in MagpieRSS↗2016-12-13
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Red Hat
openjpeg: Heap buffer overflow in function color_cmyk_to_rgb in color.c↗2016-05-06
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Debian
CVE-2016-4796: openjpeg2 - Heap-based buffer overflow in the color_cmyk_to_rgb in common/color.c in OpenJPE...↗2016
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💬Community

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HackerOne
CVE-2016-4796 OpenJPEG color_cmyk_to_rgb Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability↗2019-11-12
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4796 CVE-2016-4797 mingw-openjpeg2: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-05-12
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4796 openjpeg: Heap buffer overflow in function color_cmyk_to_rgb in color.c↗2016-05-12
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4796 CVE-2016-4797 openjpeg2: various flaws [epel-all]↗2016-05-12
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4796 CVE-2016-4797 openjpeg2: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-05-12
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CVE-2016-4796 — Uclouvain Openjpeg vulnerability | cvebase