THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-3616
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-3616

Libjpeg Turbo vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
4.4%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Libjpeg Turbo
Affected product
Libjpeg Turbo
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2017-02-13

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 confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-3616

  • Confirm whether Libjpeg Turbo Libjpeg Turbo is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-3616.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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