CVE-2016-10504

Publication date 30 August 2017

Last updated 1 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the opj_mqc_byteout function in mqc.c in OpenJPEG before 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted bmp 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	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Fixed 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u2build0.17.04.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u2build0.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
openjpeg	Upstream: 397f62c
openjpeg2	Upstream: 397f62c

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.5 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
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	6.5 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H