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CVE-2016-7445

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7445 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in OpenJPEG versions prior to 2.1.2, specifically affecting products like openSUSE and UCLouvain OpenJPEG. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) allows remote attackers to crash applications via a NULL pointer dereference without requiring user interaction or complex attack vectors. While the vulnerability is significant, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or notable community discussion surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0419 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00109.html
Third Party Advisory
github.com / uclouvain/openjpeg/blob/openjpeg-2.1/CHANGELOG.md
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com / uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/843
PatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201612-26
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/18/4
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/18/6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93040
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry