SB2016120815 - Fedora 23 update for openjpeg2

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SB2016120815 - Fedora 23 update for openjpeg2

Published: December 8, 2016 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2016120815
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9573)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information or cause the service to crash.

The vulnerability exists in the j2k_to_image component due to due to a heap-based buffer overflow when the j2k_to_image tool handles red, green, blue, and alpha (RGBA) channel dimensions. A remote attacker can execute an application that submits malicious input, trigger out-of-bounds read and gain access to potentially sensitive information or cause the service to crash.


2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9572)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error 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. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References