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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-9115

Heap Buffer Over-read in function imagetotga of convert.c(jp2):942 in OpenJPEG 2.1.2. Impact is Denial of Service. Someone must open a crafted j2k file.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:48 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2016-9115

core-osv · Original source

Published 30 Oct 2016, 22:59 UTC

Heap Buffer Over-read in function imagetotga of convert.c(jp2):942 in OpenJPEG 2.1.2. Impact is Denial of Service. Someone must open a crafted j2k file.

osv:CVE-2016-9115
Complete source record
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  "id": "35b2822819c3c80b572f857f7e152448fa21e3a790b30470194bae7c13893b32",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9115",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-9115",
    "summary": "Heap Buffer Over-read in function imagetotga of convert.c(jp2):942 in OpenJPEG 2.1.2. Impact is Denial of Service. Someone must open a crafted j2k file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-9115",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-9115",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-9115"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "1f1e968269bbd7eaade7955892a6d8c281b91df2"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "1f1e968269bbd7eaade7955892a6d8c281b91df2"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.1.2"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.1.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.1.2",
            "v2.1.2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9115.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:58.797702477Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26",
        "https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/858"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-9115",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379887,
  "published_at": "2016-10-30T22:59:03.947+00:00"
}