CVE-2016-4796

Published: Feb 3, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (3)

Products: Uclouvain: Openjpeg · Fedoraproject: Fedora

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Uclouvain Openjpeg	Up to 2.1.0

Configuration B

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 23
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 24

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (18)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/13/2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335482

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatch

https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/162f6199c0cd3ec1c6c6dc65e41b2faab92b2d91

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/774

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatch

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5FFMOZOF2EI6N2CR23EQ5EATWLQKBMHW/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BJM23YERMEC6LCTWBUH7LZURGSLZDFDH/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DFRD35RIPRCGZA5DKAKHZ62LMP2A5UT7/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HPMDEUIMHTLKMHELDL4F4HZ7X4Y34JEB/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/13/2