CVE-2016-7163: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 7.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Integer overflow in the opj_pi_create_decode function in pi.c in OpenJPEG allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JP2 file, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or write.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 23 only; version 24 only; version 25 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus: version 7.3 only; version 7.4 only; version 7.5 only; version 7.6 only; version 7.7 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: version 7.3 only; version 7.4 only; version 7.6 only; version 7.7 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: version 7.3 only; version 7.6 only; version 7.7 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Uclouvain Openjpeg: before 2.2.0 (fixed in 2.2.0)

Published 2016-09-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.