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CVE-2016-1923

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1923 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the opj_j2k_update_image_data function of OpenJpeg 2016.1.18, affecting uclouvain openjpeg. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) through a specially crafted JPEG 2000 image. With a CVSS v3 score of 6.5 (MEDIUM), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and no authentication (PR:N), leading to high availability impact (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0231 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-1923Moderate

openjpeg: out of bounds read in opj_j2k_update_image_data

Jan 18, 2016

References

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201612-26
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/01/18/4
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/01/18/7