CVE-2016-9112 Denial of service in n/a
A divide-by-zero error in OpenJPEG allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted JPEG2000 images.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-9112?
CVE-2016-9112 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Uclouvain Openjpeg, published on 29 Oct 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Floating Point Exception (aka FPE or divide by zero) in opj_pi_next_cprl function in openjp2/pi.c:523 in OpenJPEG 2.1.2.
Weakness: CWE-369
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9112?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Uclouvain Openjpeg.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9112?
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-2016-9112 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9112 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Uclouvain Openjpeg
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9112, GHSA-9mh7-qwwj-x8qj, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9112.