CVE-2016-9114

7.5 HIGH

Published: October 30, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93979

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/857

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Vendor Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93979

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/857

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit Vendor Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.5 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

3.1%

86th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

Affected Vendors

uclouvain

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