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SUSE: CVE-2016-1923: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-1923: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/27/2016
Created
12/28/2019
Added
08/16/2019
Modified
05/10/2021

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the opj_j2k_update_image_data 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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libopenjp2-7

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