CVE-2016-3182

Publication date 20 February 2020

Last updated 1 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The color_esycc_to_rgb function in bin/common/color.c in OpenJPEG before 2.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted jpeg 2000 file.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
openjpeg	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
openjpeg2	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
openjpeg	Upstream: ad593c9
openjpeg2	Upstream: ad593c9

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.5 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H