{"id":"CVE-2016-4796","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-4796","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:56:55.716Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2017-02-03T16:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:48:14.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["uclouvain/openjpeg","fedoraproject/fedora"],"epss":{"score":0.03557,"percentile":0.89244,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.0664,"percentile":0.93651},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.03557,"percentile":0.88804}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.56%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/13/2","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335482","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/162f6199c0cd3ec1c6c6dc65e41b2faab92b2d91","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/774","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5FFMOZOF2EI6N2CR23EQ5EATWLQKBMHW/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BJM23YERMEC6LCTWBUH7LZURGSLZDFDH/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DFRD35RIPRCGZA5DKAKHZ62LMP2A5UT7/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HPMDEUIMHTLKMHELDL4F4HZ7X4Y34JEB/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/13/2","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335482","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/162f6199c0cd3ec1c6c6dc65e41b2faab92b2d91","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/774","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5FFMOZOF2EI6N2CR23EQ5EATWLQKBMHW/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BJM23YERMEC6LCTWBUH7LZURGSLZDFDH/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DFRD35RIPRCGZA5DKAKHZ62LMP2A5UT7/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HPMDEUIMHTLKMHELDL4F4HZ7X4Y34JEB/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4796","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}