628420 – (CVE-2016-9116) media-libs/openjpeg: NULL Pointer Access in function imagetopnm of convert.c:2226(jp2) (CVE-2016-9116)

Bug 628420 (CVE-2016-9116) - media-libs/openjpeg: NULL Pointer Access in function imagetopnm of convert.c:2226(jp2) (CVE-2016-9116)

Summary: media-libs/openjpeg: NULL Pointer Access in function imagetopnm of convert.c:...

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	CVE-2016-9116

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal minor (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

URL:	https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg...
Whiteboard:	B3 [upstream]
Keywords:

Depends on:
Blocks:

Reported:	2017-08-20 18:54 UTC by GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot
Modified:	2017-08-21 07:30 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

See Also:	CVE-2016-1626, CVE-2016-1628, CVE-2016-9112
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Runtime testing required:	---

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Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2017-08-20 18:54:05 UTC

CVE-2016-9116 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9116):
  NULL Pointer Access in function imagetopnm of convert.c:2226(jp2) in
  OpenJPEG 2.1.2. Impact is Denial of Service. Someone must open a crafted j2k
  file.

Comment 1 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-08-20 19:02:07 UTC

Affects CLI tool only.

Comment 2 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2017-08-21 07:30:58 UTC

As said multiple times by mitre, a simple crash in a command-line tool where no library are involved is considered an inconvenience instead of a security issue.