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CVE-2016-9115

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9115 is a heap buffer over-read vulnerability in the imagetotga function of OpenJPEG 2.1.2, specifically affecting the convert.c(jp2) component. An attacker could trigger a Denial of Service by enticing a user to open a specially crafted j2k file. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM), this vulnerability requires user interaction and network access for exploitation, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0213 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 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, 0.0 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 Patches (1)

github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-9115Moderate

openjpeg2: Multiple security issues

Oct 27, 2016

References

github.com / uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/858
ExploitVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201710-26
securityfocus.com / bid/93977
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry