CVE-2016-10506 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash applications using OpenJPEG by providing crafted J2K files, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-10506?
CVE-2016-10506 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Uclouvain Openjpeg, published on 30 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-369
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10506?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Uclouvain Openjpeg.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10506?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-10506 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10506 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Uclouvain Openjpeg
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10506, GHSA-7pwx-r922-2j5r, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10506.