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CVE-2016-3616

high

Description

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.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3706-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3706-1/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00015.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1319661

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1318509

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2052

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-02-13

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01719