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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-9572: OpenJPEG: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-9572: OpenJPEG: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/23/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
07/22/2019

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way openjpeg 2.1.2 decoded certain input images. Due to a logic error in the code responsible for decoding the input image, an application using openjpeg to process image data could crash when processing a crafted image.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-openjpeg

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