Out-of-Bounds The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package openjpeg (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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- published27 Jan 2016
- disclosed27 Jan 2016
Introduced: 27 Jan 2016
CVE-2016-1923 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openjpeg package and not the openjpeg package as distributed by Ubuntu.
Heap-based buffer overflow in the opj_j2k_update_image_data function in OpenJpeg 2016.1.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted JPEG 2000 image.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-1923
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1923
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-26
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/18/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/18/7