Description
A buffer overflow in OpenJPEG 2.1.1 causes arbitrary code execution when parsing a crafted image. An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the jpeg2000 image file format parser as implemented in the OpenJpeg library. A specially crafted jpeg2000 file can cause an out of bound heap write resulting in heap corruption leading to arbitrary code execution. For a successful attack, the target user needs to open a malicious jpeg2000 file. The jpeg2000 image file format is mostly used for embedding images inside PDF documents and the OpenJpeg library is used by a number of popular PDF renderers making PDF documents a likely attack vector.
Published: 2016-10-28
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 2.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3678-1 openjpeg2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9180 A buffer overflow in OpenJPEG 2.1.1 causes arbitrary code execution when parsing a crafted image. An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the jpeg2000 image file format parser as implemented in the OpenJpeg library. A specially crafted jpeg2000 file can cause an out of bound heap write resulting in heap corruption leading to arbitrary code execution. For a successful attack, the target user needs to open a malicious jpeg2000 file. The jpeg2000 image file format is mostly used for embedding images inside PDF documents and the OpenJpeg library is used by a number of popular PDF renderers making PDF documents a likely attack vector.
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Uclouvain Openjpeg
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:20:30.569Z

Reserved: 2016-09-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-8332

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-10-28T14:59:00.167

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:54:10.917

Link: CVE-2016-8332

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-09-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-8332 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-119

    Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

  • CWE-787

    Out-of-bounds Write