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CVE-2016-9573

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 2.56% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-08-01 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ github.com ↗

Note: these links are listed for security research and verification purposes only.

CVE
CVE-2016-9573
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
2.56%

Original Filing — NVD Description

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in OpenJPEG 2.1.2, in the j2k_to_image tool. Converting a specially crafted JPEG2000 file to another format could cause the application to crash or, potentially, disclose some data from the heap.