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CVE-2018-16375

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-16375 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting OpenJPEG 2.3.0, specifically within the pnmtoimage function in bin/jpwl/convert.c due to missing checks for header_info.height and header_info.width. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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
2.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0244 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: openjpeg

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-16375Moderate

openjpeg: Heap-based buffer overflow in pnmtoimage function in bin/jpwl/convert.c

Sep 3, 2018

References

github.com / uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1126
PatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105266
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry