Medium 6.5Published Aug 1, 2018

CVE-2016-9572A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way openjpeg 2.1.2 decoded certain input images.

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A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way openjpeg 2.1.2 decoded certain input images. Due to a logic error in the code responsible for decoding the input image, an application using openjpeg to process image data could crash when processing a crafted image.

CVSS: 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.0, NVD)CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

uclouvain openjpeg uclouvain:openjpeg	2.1.2	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	8.0	NVD

References

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109233
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9572	exploit, issue-tracking, patch, third-party-advisory
https://github.com/szukw000/openjpeg/commit/7b28bd2b723df6be09fe7791eba33147c1c47d0d	patch, third-party-advisory
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/863	exploit, third-party-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26	third-party-advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3768	third-party-advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html

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