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CVE-2016-9573 json

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in OpenJPEG 2.1.2, in the j2k_to_image tool.

published 2018-08-01 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-10379

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.5%
EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • openjpeg2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.1.2-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9573

  • openjpeg2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u2build0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9573

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

  • openjpeg RHEL 7 1.5.1-16.el7_3
  • openjpeg-libs RHEL 7 1.5.1-16.el7_3

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:0838

  • 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

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-2016-9573 updated cvss 6.5

openjpeg: heap out-of-bounds read due to insufficient check in imagetopnm()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) openjpeg 1.5.1-16.el7_3, openjpeg-libs 1.5.1-16.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) openjpeg 1.5.1-16.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) openjpeg 1.5.1-16.el7_3, openjpeg-libs 1.5.1-16.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) openjpeg 1.5.1-16.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) openjpeg 1.5.1-16.el7_3, openjpeg-libs 1.5.1-16.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) openjpeg 1.5.1-16.el7_3
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) openjpeg 1.5.1-16.el7_3, openjpeg-libs 1.5.1-16.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) openjpeg 1.5.1-16.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0838
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 openjpeg, openjpeg-libs
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9573 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/862 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.0 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • The OpenJPEG Project openjpeg

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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