# CVE-2016-9581: An infinite loop vulnerability in tiftoimage that results in heap buffer overflow in convert\_32s\_C1P1 was found in openjpeg 2.1.2.

- Severity: CVSS 3.3 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-08-01 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- The OpenJPEG Project openjpeg2: 2.1.2

## Description

An infinite loop vulnerability in tiftoimage that results in heap buffer overflow in convert_32s_C1P1 was found in openjpeg 2.1.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on The OpenJPEG Project openjpeg2, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/872
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94822
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9581
- https://github.com/szukw000/openjpeg/commit/cadff5fb6e73398de26a92e96d3d7cac893af255

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