What is CVE-2016-9114?

CVE-2016-9114 is a high-severity vulnerability in Uclouvain Openjpeg, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-10-30.

How severe is CVE-2016-9114?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-9114 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

NULL pointer dereference in Uclouvain Openjpeg

CVE-2016-9114

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.

EPSS: 0.005 (65.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Uclouvain Openjpeg — versions 2.1.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

GLSA-201710-26 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
93979 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9114?: CVE-2016-9114 is a high-severity vulnerability in Uclouvain Openjpeg, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-10-30.
How severe is CVE-2016-9114?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-9114 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.