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high 7.5

CVE-2016-7445 json

convert.c in OpenJPEG before 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) vi…

published 2016-10-03 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-8298

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.2%
EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

convert.c in OpenJPEG before 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via vectors involving the variable s.

Patch / fix

  • openjpeg2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.1.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7445

  • openjpeg2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u2build0.1
  • openjpeg Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1:1.5.2-3.1ubuntu0.1~esm2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7445

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • openjpeg2 SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +1 more 2.1.0-3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:3270-1

  • openjpeg Package Hub 12 SP1 1.5.2-6.1
  • openjpeg2 Package Hub 12 SP1, Package Hub 12 2.1.0-6.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2017:2568-1openSUSE-SU-2017:2567-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-7445 updated cvss 4.3

openjpeg2: Null pointer dereference in convert.c

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/18/4 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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