CVE-2016-3616

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-03-30
CWE:
CWE-476
Bugzilla:
1319661: CVE-2016-3616 libjpeg: null pointer dereference in cjpeg

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The cjpeg utility in libjpeg allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.

Find out more about CVE-2016-3616 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libjpeg-turbo Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libjpeg-turbo Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libjpeg Will not fix
RHEV Manager 3 mingw-virt-viewer Will not fix

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Aladdin Mubaied for reporting this issue.

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