CVE-2016-3182

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-02-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The color_esycc_to_rgb function in bin/common/color.c in OpenJPEG before 2.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted jpeg 2000 file.

Affected products

uclouvain openjpeg: before 2.1.1 — fixed in 2.1.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: uclouvain openjpeg 2.1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/16/16
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/27/1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317826
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/725
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/16/16
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/27/1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317826
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/725

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