CVE-2016-9114 Null dereference in n/a
A null pointer dereference in OpenJPEG allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted JP2 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-2016-9114?
CVE-2016-9114 is a high-severity vulnerability in Uclouvain Openjpeg, published on 30 Oct 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
There is a NULL Pointer Access in function imagetopnm of convert.c:1943(jp2) of OpenJPEG 2.1.2. image->comps[compno].data is not assigned a value after initialization(NULL). Impact is Denial of Service.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9114?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Uclouvain Openjpeg.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9114?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2016-9114 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9114 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Uclouvain Openjpeg
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9114, ECHO-1bd4-0f21-1f9d, GHSA-6cpx-32j8-j7qj, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2016-9114, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9114.