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CVE-2016-9116

NULL Pointer Access in function imagetopnm of convert.c:2226(jp2) in OpenJPEG 2.1.2. Impact is...

6.5 MediumFix available

CVE-2016-9116 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Uclouvain Openjpeg, published October 30, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.24%, the 82nd percentile. Fixed in openjpeg2 2.1.2-1.2.mga5.

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.24%Up 1.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

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.

Record
CVE-2016-9116
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-476
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2016-9116
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-9937 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2016-9937
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wqf5-7884-7h3f 6.5

NULL Pointer Access in function imagetopnm of convert.c:2226(jp2) in OpenJPEG 2.1.2. Impact is...

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.

Record
GHSA-wqf5-7884-7h3f
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-476
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.5

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.

Record
CVE-2016-9116
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-9116 6.5

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9116
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-9116 6.5

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9116
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2017-0051 No score

Updated openjpeg2 packages fix security vulnerabilities

Floating Point Exception (aka FPE or divide by zero) in opj_pi_next_cprl function in openjp2/pi.c:523 in OpenJPEG 2.1.2. (CVE-2016-9112)

There is a NULL pointer dereference in function imagetobmp of convertbmp.c:980 of OpenJPEG 2.1.2. image->comps[0].data is not assigned a value after initialization(NULL). Impact is Denial of Service. (CVE-2016-9113)

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. (CVE-2016-9114)

Heap Buffer Over-read in function imagetotga of convert.c(jp2):942 in OpenJPEG 2.1.2. Impact is Denial of Service. Someone must open a crafted j2k file. (CVE-2016-9115)

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. (CVE-2016-9116)

NULL Pointer Access in function imagetopnm of convert.c(jp2):1289 in OpenJPEG 2.1.2. Impact is Denial of Service. Someone must open a crafted j2k file. (CVE-2016-9117)

Heap Buffer Overflow (WRITE of size 4) in function pnmtoimage of convert.c:1719 in OpenJPEG 2.1.2. (CVE-2016-9118)

Record
MGASA-2017-0051
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2017:2567-1 No score

Security update for openjpeg2

This update for openjpeg2 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2016-9114: NULL Pointer Access in function imagetopnm of convert.c:1943(jp2) could lead to crash [bsc#1007740]
  • CVE-2016-9115: Heap Buffer Overflow in function imagetotga of convert.c(jp2) [bsc#1007741]
  • CVE-2016-9580, CVE-2016-9581: Possible Heap buffer overflow via integer overflow and infite loop [bsc#1014975]
  • CVE-2016-9117: NULL Pointer Access in function imagetopnm of convert.c(jp2):1289 [bsc#1007743]
  • CVE-2016-9118: Heap Buffer Overflow in function pnmtoimage of convert.c [bsc#1007744]
  • CVE-2016-9112: FPE(Floating Point Exception) in lib/openjp2/pi.c:523 [bsc#1007747]
  • CVE-2016-9116: NULL Pointer Access in function imagetopnm of convert.c:2226(jp2) [bsc#1007742]
  • CVE-2016-9113: NULL point dereference in function imagetobmp of convertbmp.c could lead to crash [bsc#1007739]
  • CVE-2016-9572 CVE-2016-9573: Insuficient check in imagetopnm() could lead to heap buffer overflow [bsc#1014543]
  • CVE-2016-8332: Malicious file in OpenJPEG JPEG2000 format could lead to code execution [bsc#1002414]
  • CVE-2016-7445: Null pointer dereference in convert.c could lead to crash [bsc#999817]
  • CVE 2016-7163: Integer Overflow could lead to remote code execution [bsc#997857]
  • CVE 2015-8871: Use-after-free in opj_j2k_write_mco function could lead to denial of service [bsc#979907]

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2017:2567-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2016-9116 No score

CVE-2016-9116 in openjpeg2 - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2016-9116 in the openjpeg2 package for Root:Debian:12. Multiple fixed versions available.

Record
ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2016-9116
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:3270-1 No score

Security update for openjpeg2

This update for openjpeg2 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2016-9114: NULL Pointer Access in function imagetopnm of convert.c:1943(jp2) could lead to crash [bsc#1007740]
  • CVE-2016-9115: Heap Buffer Overflow in function imagetotga of convert.c(jp2) [bsc#1007741]
  • CVE-2016-9580, CVE-2016-9581: Possible Heap buffer overflow via integer overflow and infite loop [bsc#1014975]
  • CVE-2016-9117: NULL Pointer Access in function imagetopnm of convert.c(jp2):1289 [bsc#1007743]
  • CVE-2016-9118: Heap Buffer Overflow in function pnmtoimage of convert.c [bsc#1007744]
  • CVE-2016-9112: FPE(Floating Point Exception) in lib/openjp2/pi.c:523 [bsc#1007747]
  • CVE-2016-9116: NULL Pointer Access in function imagetopnm of convert.c:2226(jp2) [bsc#1007742]
  • CVE-2016-9113: NULL point dereference in function imagetobmp of convertbmp.c could lead to crash [bsc#1007739]
  • CVE-2016-9572 CVE-2016-9573: Insuficient check in imagetopnm() could lead to heap buffer overflow [bsc#1014543]
  • CVE-2016-8332: Malicious file in OpenJPEG JPEG2000 format could lead to code execution [bsc#1002414]
  • CVE-2016-7445: Null pointer dereference in convert.c could lead to crash [bsc#999817]
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:3270-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
openjpeg2
Debian:12
All versions, plus listed versions
2.5.0-22.5.0-2+deb12u12.5.0-2+deb12u22.5.0-2+deb12u32.5.3-1
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2.5.3-1~exp12.5.3-1~exp22.5.3-22.5.3-2.12.5.3-2.1~deb13u12.5.3-2.1~deb13u22.5.4-12.5.4-1.1
None known
openjpeg2
Debian:13
All versions, plus listed versions
2.5.3-22.5.3-2.12.5.3-2.1~deb13u12.5.3-2.1~deb13u22.5.4-12.5.4-1.1
None known
openjpeg2
Debian:14
All versions, plus listed versions
2.5.3-22.5.3-2.12.5.3-2.1~deb13u12.5.3-2.1~deb13u22.5.4-12.5.4-1.1
None known
openjpeg2
Mageia:5
before 2.1.2-1.2.mga5
2.1.2-1.2.mga5
openjpeg2
Root:Debian:12
before 2.5.0-2+deb12u2.root.io.13
2.5.0-2+deb12u2.root.io.132.5.0-2+deb12u2.root.io.142.5.0-2+deb12u2.root.io.152.5.0-2+deb12u2.root.io.162.5.0-2+deb12u3.aikido.17
rootio-openjpeg2
Root:Debian:12
before 2.5.0-2+deb12u2.root.io.13
2.5.0-2+deb12u2.root.io.132.5.0-2+deb12u2.root.io.142.5.0-2+deb12u2.root.io.152.5.0-2+deb12u2.root.io.162.5.0-2+deb12u3.aikido.17
openjpeg2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
before 2.1.0-3.1
2.1.0-3.1
openjpeg2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
before 2.1.0-3.1
2.1.0-3.1
openjpeg2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
before 2.1.0-3.1
2.1.0-3.1
openjpeg2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
before 2.1.0-3.1
2.1.0-3.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
openjpeg
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.3+dfsg-4.6ubuntu21.3+dfsg-4.7ubuntu1
None known
openjpeg
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1:1.5.2-3.11:1.5.2-3.1ubuntu0.1~esm2
None known
openjpeg2
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.1.0-2.12.1.0-2.1ubuntu0.12.1.2-1.1+deb9u2build0.12.1.2-1.1+deb9u3build0.16.04.12.1.2-1.1+deb9u3ubuntu0.1~esm1
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2.1.2-1.1+deb9u5build0.16.04.12.1.2-1.1+deb9u5ubuntu0.1~esm12.1.2-1.1+deb9u6build0.16.04.12.1.2-1.1+deb9u6ubuntu0.1~esm12.1.2-1.1+deb9u6ubuntu0.1~esm32.1.2-1.1+deb9u6ubuntu0.1~esm42.1.2-1.1+deb9u6ubuntu0.1~esm62.1.2-1.1+deb9u6ubuntu0.1~esm7
None known
openjpeg2
SUSE:Package Hub 12
before 2.1.0-6.1
2.1.0-6.1
openjpeg2
SUSE:Package Hub 12 SP1
before 2.1.0-6.1
2.1.0-6.1

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03aliasesEUVD
2026-11-02createdCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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