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CVE-2016-4796
Heap-based buffer overflow in the color_cmyk_to_rgb in common/color.c in OpenJPEG before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial…
Medium5.5EPSS 3.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the color_cmyk_to_rgb in common/color.c in OpenJPEG before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted .j2k file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.8% · top 9.9% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- FEDORA-2016-14d8f9b4ed (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-abdc548f46 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-8fa7ced365 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-d2ab705e4a (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160512 Re: CVE Request - OpenJPEG: Security Fixes (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335482 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/162f6199c0cd3ec1c6c6dc65e41b2faab92b2d91 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/774 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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