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CVE-2016-1924

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1924 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the opj_tgt_reset function of OpenJPEG 2016.1.18, affecting uclouvain openjpeg. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) by providing a specially crafted JPEG 2000 image. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and has low attack complexity (AC:L), with the primary impact being availability (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

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

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
3.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0336 is in the 94th 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-2016-1924Moderate

openjpeg: out of bounds read in opj_tgt_reset

Jan 18, 2016

References

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201612-26
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3665
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/01/18/4
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/01/18/7