CVE-2016-1924

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Published 2016-01-27 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.5

Description

The opj_tgt_reset function in OpenJpeg 2016.1.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted JPEG 2000 image.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1924

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1924.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed2.1.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.1.1-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.1.1-1
debian debiansidfixed2.1.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.1.1-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
uclouvainopenjpeg{"endIncluding":"2.1.0"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.