CVE-2016-3616

Public on 2017-02-13

Modified on 2019-11-07

Description

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.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

6.8

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	libjpeg-turbo	2019-09-13 22:58	ALAS-2019-1286
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	libjpeg-turbo	2019-11-04 22:23	ALAS2-2019-1350

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv2	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD	CVSSv2	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD	CVSSv3	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2016-3616 Mitre: CVE-2016-3616 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity