{"id":"CVE-2016-8332","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-8332","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:53:19.234Z","title":"A buffer overflow in OpenJPEG 2.1.1 causes arbitrary code execution when parsing a crafted image.","description":"A buffer overflow in OpenJPEG 2.1.1 causes arbitrary code execution when parsing a crafted image. An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the jpeg2000 image file format parser as implemented in the OpenJpeg library. A specially crafted jpeg2000 file can cause an out of bound heap write resulting in heap corruption leading to arbitrary code execution. For a successful attack, the target user needs to open a malicious jpeg2000 file. The jpeg2000 image file format is mostly used for embedding images inside PDF documents and the OpenJpeg library is used by a number of popular PDF renderers making PDF documents a likely attack vector.","published":"2016-10-28T14:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:54:11.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"talos-cna@cisco.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["uclouvain/openjpeg"],"epss":{"score":0.02563,"percentile":0.8503,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.56%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3768","source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93242","source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623","source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0193/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/releases/tag/v2.1.2","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html","source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3768","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93242","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0193/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/releases/tag/v2.1.2","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"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-2016-8332","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."}