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CVE-2016-7163

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7163 is an integer overflow vulnerability in OpenJPEG's opj_pi_create_decode function, affecting products like Debian, Fedora, and Red Hat. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a crafted JP2 file, leading to out-of-bounds read or write operations. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), successful exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and could result in high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0711 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: openjpeg-0:1.3-16.el6_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: openjpeg-0:1.5.1-16.el7_3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-7163Moderate

openjpeg: Integer overflow in opj_pi_create_decode

Sep 6, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0559.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0838.html
Third Party Advisory
github.com / uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/c16bc057ba3f125051c9966cf1f5b68a05681de4
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/ef01f18dfc6780b776d0674ed3e7415c6ef54d24
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/826
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / uclouvain/openjpeg/pull/809
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2T6IQAMS4W65MGP7UW5FPE22PXELTK5D
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/66BWMMMWXH32J5AOGLAJGZA3GH5LZHXH
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AQ2IIIQSJ3J4MONBOGCG6XHLKKJX2HKM
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H4IRSGYMBSHCBZP23CUDIRJ3LBKH6ZJ7
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JYLOX7PZS3ZUHQ6RGI3M6H27B7I5ZZ26
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGKSEWWWED77Q5ZHK4OA2EKSJXLRU3MK
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3665
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/92897
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry