NULL Pointer Access in function imagetopnm of convert.c:2226(jp2) in OpenJPEG 2.1.2.

published 2016-10-30 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-9937

cvss: 6.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.2%; EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits: 0; none known

NULL Pointer Access in function imagetopnm of convert.c:2226(jp2) in OpenJPEG 2.1.2. Impact is Denial of Service. Someone must open a crafted j2k file.

Patch / fix

distros 3

suse opensuse arch linux

openjpeg2 SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +1 more 2.1.0-3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:3270-1

openjpeg2 Package Hub 12 SP1, Package Hub 12 2.1.0-6.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2017:2567-1

openjpeg2 Arch Linux 2.2.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-54

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-2016-9116 updated 2026-11-05 cvss 5.6

openjpeg2: Multiple security issues

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 openjpeg, openjpeg-libs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 openjpeg, openjpeg-libs
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

2.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/859 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	6.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

References

github.com /uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/859
exploit, vendor-advisory
security.gentoo.org /glsa/201710-26
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/93975
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2016-9116
NVD CVE-2016-9116

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Summary