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Bug 628416 (CVE-2016-9114) - media-libs/openjpeg: NULL Pointer Access in function imagetopnm of convert.c:1943(jp2) (CVE-2016-9114)
Summary: media-libs/openjpeg: NULL Pointer Access in function imagetopnm of convert.c:...
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: CVE-2016-9114
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal minor
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg...
Whiteboard: B3 [upstream]
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Reported: 2017-08-20 18:53 UTC by GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot
Modified: 2017-08-21 07:28 UTC (History)
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Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev 2017-08-20 18:53:16 UTC 
CVE-2016-9114 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9114):
  There is a NULL Pointer Access in function imagetopnm of convert.c:1943(jp2)
  of OpenJPEG 2.1.2. image->comps[compno].data is not assigned a value after
  initialization(NULL). Impact is Denial of Service.
Comment 1 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2017-08-20 18:59:47 UTC 
Affects CLI tool only.
Comment 2 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2017-08-21 07:28:30 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.