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CVE-2016-3616 json

The cjpeg utility in libjpeg allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) or execu…

published 2017-02-13 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-4642

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.2%
EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The cjpeg utility in libjpeg allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.

Patch / fix

  • libjpeg-turbo Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:1.4.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3616

  • libjpeg9 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:9b-2
  • libjpeg-turbo Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.3.0-0ubuntu2.1
  • libjpeg9 Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1:9b-1ubuntu1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3616

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libjpeg-turbo RHEL 7 1.2.90-8.el7
  • turbojpeg RHEL 7 1.2.90-8.el7
  • libjpeg-turbo-utils RHEL 7 1.2.90-8.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:2052

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-3616 updated cvss 6.8

libjpeg: null pointer dereference in cjpeg

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libjpeg Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libjpeg-turbo Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 mingw-virt-viewer, mingw32-virt-viewer, mingw64-virt-viewer
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) libjpeg-turbo 1.2.90-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) turbojpeg 1.2.90-8.el7, libjpeg-turbo-utils 1.2.90-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) libjpeg-turbo 1.2.90-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) turbojpeg 1.2.90-8.el7, libjpeg-turbo-utils 1.2.90-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) libjpeg-turbo 1.2.90-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) turbojpeg 1.2.90-8.el7, libjpeg-turbo-utils 1.2.90-8.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) libjpeg-turbo 1.2.90-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) turbojpeg 1.2.90-8.el7, libjpeg-turbo-utils 1.2.90-8.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2052

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.