CVE-2016-3182

The color_esycc_to_rgb function in bin/common/color.c in OpenJPEG before 2.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted jpeg 2000 file.

Published: 2020-02-20 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-3182 is rated Low Risk (35.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-3182

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-23 0.31% 0.17% -0.14%
2 2026-03-04 0.22% 0.31% +0.09%
3 2026-03-01 — 0.22% —

Full EPSS history (40 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-3182

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-3182

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-3182

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2016-3182 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (openjpeg2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3182
gentoo normal CVE-2016-3182: 1 GLSA(s) (201612-26), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/openjpeg); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2016-3182
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3182
ubuntu high CVE-2016-3182 high priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (openjpeg, openjpeg2), 9 status rows across 6 suites (bionic, precise, trusty, upstream, wily, xenial): DNE 3, not-affected 3, released 2, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3182

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-3182

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
uclouvain openjpeg < 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-3182

URL Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/16/16 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/27/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317826 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/725 Third Party Advisory
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