Divide By Zero Affecting openjpeg package, versions <1:1.5.2-3.1ubuntu0.1~esm2
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-OPENJPEG-1225203
- published21 Mar 2026
- disclosed30 Aug 2017
Introduced: 30 Aug 2017
CVE-2016-10506 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 openjpeg to version 1:1.5.2-3.1ubuntu0.1~esm2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openjpeg package and not the openjpeg package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
Division-by-zero vulnerabilities in the functions opj_pi_next_cprl, opj_pi_next_pcrl, and opj_pi_next_rpcl in pi.c in OpenJPEG before 2.2.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted j2k files.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-10506
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10506
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/d27ccf01c68a31ad62b33d2dc1ba2bb1eeaafe7b
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/731
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/732
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/777
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/778
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/779
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/780
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100573