CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-9117

Low
Published: —Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A NULL pointer access occurs in the imagetopnm function of convert.c (jp2):1289 in OpenJPEG 2.1.2. Exploitation requires opening a crafted j2k file.

Risk Assessment

It can lead to denial of service (application crash or hang) when processing a malicious image file. The risk affects systems that process untrusted JPEG 2000 files.

Recommendation

Update OpenJPEG to a version containing the fix or avoid processing untrusted j2k files until the update is applied.

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Original NVD description (English source)

NULL Pointer Access in function imagetopnm of convert.c(jp2):1289 in OpenJPEG 2.1.2. Impact is Denial of Service. Someone must open a crafted j2k file.

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