CVE-2016-3182 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause denial of service via memory corruption in OpenJPEG by processing a crafted JPEG 2000 file.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2016-3182?

CVE-2016-3182 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Uclouvain Openjpeg, published on 20 Feb 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The color_esycc_to_rgb function in bin/common/color.c in OpenJPEG before 2.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted jpeg 2000 file.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3182?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Uclouvain Openjpeg.

How do I fix CVE-2016-3182?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2016-3182 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3182 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Uclouvain Openjpeg vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as CVE-2016-3181, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3182, GHSA-wf2g-ww4q-859v.

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