Out-of-bounds Read Affecting openjpeg-devel package, versions <0:1.5.1-16.el7_3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.53% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-OPENJPEGDEVEL-2512872
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed1 Aug 2018

Introduced: 1 Aug 2018

CVE-2016-9573  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 openjpeg-devel to version 0:1.5.1-16.el7_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-0838.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openjpeg-devel package and not the openjpeg-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in OpenJPEG 2.1.2, in the j2k_to_image tool. Converting a specially crafted JPEG2000 file to another format could cause the application to crash or, potentially, disclose some data from the heap.