CVE-2016-3616
HIGH · CVSS 8.8EPSS 4.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.8 (v3.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-476
- EPSS score
- 4.4% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2016-4642)
- Published
- February 13, 2017
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2016-4642 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- debian / debian linux
- libjpeg-turbo / libjpeg-turbo
- redhat / enterprise linux
Certified products that may be affected
7 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 NSS Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 4498 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 3939 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 OpenSSH Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 3891 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 OpenSSH Client Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 3892 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 OpenSSL Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 3867 - historical
See all 7 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2052
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1318509(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1319661(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00015.html(Third Party Advisory)
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3706-1/(Third Party Advisory)
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3706-2/(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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