CVE-2016-4797 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted JP2 file due to a divide-by-zero error in the OpenJPEG library.
- 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-2016-4797?
CVE-2016-4797 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 3 Feb 2017. 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
Divide-by-zero vulnerability in the opj_tcd_init_tile function in tcd.c in OpenJPEG before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted jp2 file. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2014-7947.
Weakness: CWE-369
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-4797?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Uclouvain Openjpeg.
How do I fix CVE-2016-4797?
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-2016-4797 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-4797 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4797, GHSA-g3qh-h448-hf99, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4797.