CVE-2016-4797

Divide-by-zero vulnerability in the opj_tcd_init_tile function in tcd.c in OpenJPEG before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted jp2 file. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2014-7947.

Published: Feb 3, 2017
Updated: Nov 9, 2025
CVE: CVE-2016-4797
Severity: Low
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: Low
Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

CWE-369

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
uclouvain / openjpeg	-	2.1.0.x
fedoraproject / fedora	24	24.x
fedoraproject / fedora	23	23.x

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/13/2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335483
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/8f9cc62b3f9a1da9712329ddcedb9750d585505c
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/733
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5FFMOZOF2EI6N2CR23EQ5EATWLQKBMHW/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BJM23YERMEC6LCTWBUH7LZURGSLZDFDH/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DFRD35RIPRCGZA5DKAKHZ62LMP2A5UT7/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HPMDEUIMHTLKMHELDL4F4HZ7X4Y34JEB/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5FFMOZOF2EI6N2CR23EQ5EATWLQKBMHW/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BJM23YERMEC6LCTWBUH7LZURGSLZDFDH/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DFRD35RIPRCGZA5DKAKHZ62LMP2A5UT7/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HPMDEUIMHTLKMHELDL4F4HZ7X4Y34JEB/
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

Vulnerability Database

313,552

CVE-2016-4797

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