THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-10506
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2016-10506

Openjpeg vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
3.5%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
Division-by-zero vulnerabilities in the functions opj_pi_next_cprl, opj_pi_next_pcrl, and opj_pi_next_rpcl in pi.c in OpenJPEG before 2.2.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted j2k files.
Affected vendor
Uclouvain
Affected product
Openjpeg
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2017-08-30

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-10506

  • Confirm whether Uclouvain Openjpeg is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-10506.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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