CVE-2016-3616

high
Published 2017-02-13 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
8.8

Description

The cjpeg utility in libjpeg allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
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-2016-3616

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3616.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1:1.4.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1:1.4.2-1
debian debianforkyfixed1:1.4.2-1
debian debiansidfixed1:1.4.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1:1.4.2-1
debian debian8.0affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu16.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu18.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu18.10affected
redhat rhel7.4affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
libjpeg-turbolibjpeg-turbo7.4

References

CWEs

CWE-476

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