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CVE-2016-3183

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3183 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the sycc422_t_rgb function within OpenJPEG versions prior to 2.1.1, affecting the uclouvain openjpeg product. This flaw can be triggered by a remote attacker providing a specially crafted JPEG2000 file, leading to a denial of service. Rated with a CVSSv3 score of 5.5 (Medium), it requires local access and user interaction to exploit, with the primary impact being system availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

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

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0344 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

gentoopatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-3183Moderate

openjpeg: Out-of-bounds read in sycc422_to_rgb function

Mar 14, 2016

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
github.com / uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/15f081c89650dccee4aa4ae66f614c3fdb268767
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/726
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5FFMOZOF2EI6N2CR23EQ5EATWLQKBMHW
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BJM23YERMEC6LCTWBUH7LZURGSLZDFDH
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DFRD35RIPRCGZA5DKAKHZ62LMP2A5UT7
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HPMDEUIMHTLKMHELDL4F4HZ7X4Y34JEB
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201612-26
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/03/16/17
Mailing ListPatch