NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting openjpeg2 package, versions <2.1.2-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.54% (77th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-OPENJPEG2-521134
- published 3 Oct 2016
- disclosed 3 Oct 2016
Introduced: 3 Oct 2016
CVE-2016-7445 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 openjpeg2 to version 2.1.2-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openjpeg2 package and not the openjpeg2 package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.
convert.c in OpenJPEG before 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via vectors involving the variable s.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7445
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-26
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/blob/openjpeg-2.1/CHANGELOG.md
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/843
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00109.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/18/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/18/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93040
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-7445