UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8332 (CVE-2016-8332)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2016-10-28 14:59 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:38 – Source website
VLAI
Details

A buffer overflow in OpenJPEG 2.1.1 causes arbitrary code execution when parsing a crafted image. An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the jpeg2000 image file format parser as implemented in the OpenJpeg library. A specially crafted jpeg2000 file can cause an out of bound heap write resulting in heap corruption leading to arbitrary code execution. For a successful attack, the target user needs to open a malicious jpeg2000 file. The jpeg2000 image file format is mostly used for embedding images inside PDF documents and the OpenJpeg library is used by a number of popular PDF renderers making PDF documents a likely attack vector.

Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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        "availability": "No subscription required",
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            "binary_name": "libopenjp2-7",
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      "package": {
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      },
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A buffer overflow in OpenJPEG 2.1.1 causes arbitrary code execution when parsing a crafted image. An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the jpeg2000 image file format parser as implemented in the OpenJpeg library. A specially crafted jpeg2000 file can cause an out of bound heap write resulting in heap corruption leading to arbitrary code execution. For a successful attack, the target user needs to open a malicious jpeg2000 file. The jpeg2000 image file format is mostly used for embedding images inside PDF documents and the OpenJpeg library is used by a number of popular PDF renderers making PDF documents a likely attack vector.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8332",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:03Z",
  "published": "2016-10-28T14:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8332"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0193/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/pull/820"
    },
    {
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  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
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  ]
}



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