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CVE-2016-1923

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-01-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the opj_j2k_update_image_data function in OpenJpeg 2016.1.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted JPEG 2000 image.

Affected products

• uclouvain openjpeg: 2.1.0

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/18/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/18/7
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-26
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/18/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/18/7
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-26
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

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