CVE-2016-4796
Heap-based buffer overflow in the color_cmyk_to_rgb in common/color.c in OpenJPEG before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted .j2k file.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.56%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the color_cmyk_to_rgb in common/color.c in OpenJPEG before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted .j2k file.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.56% probability · 89th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- uclouvain/openjpeg · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 6.6% on 21 September 2026 to 3.6% on 26 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/13/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335482Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/162f6199c0cd3ec1c6c6dc65e41b2faab92b2d91Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/774Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5FFMOZOF2EI6N2CR23EQ5EATWLQKBMHW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BJM23YERMEC6LCTWBUH7LZURGSLZDFDH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DFRD35RIPRCGZA5DKAKHZ62LMP2A5UT7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HPMDEUIMHTLKMHELDL4F4HZ7X4Y34JEB/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/13/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335482Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/162f6199c0cd3ec1c6c6dc65e41b2faab92b2d91Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/774Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5FFMOZOF2EI6N2CR23EQ5EATWLQKBMHW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BJM23YERMEC6LCTWBUH7LZURGSLZDFDH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DFRD35RIPRCGZA5DKAKHZ62LMP2A5UT7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HPMDEUIMHTLKMHELDL4F4HZ7X4Y34JEB/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.