CVE-2015-8871
Use-after-free vulnerability in the opj_j2k_write_mco function in j2k.c in OpenJPEG before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.
02 Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the opj_j2k_write_mco function in j2k.c in OpenJPEG before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.96% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-09-21 14:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 08:29Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-05-12
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- bcb92c6815828f2364697e63cc4745ee9c14177ee4631ef7cc258dbc2d510c78
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201612-26https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-26
- github.comhttps://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/563
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160512 Re: CVE Request : Use-after-free in openjpeghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/13/1
- github.comhttps://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263359
- www.debian.orgDSA-3665http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3665
- github.comhttps://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/940100c28ae28931722290794889cf84a92c5f6f
- www.securitytracker.com1038623http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150915 CVE Request : Use-after-free in openjpeghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/4
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- openjpeg2 Fixed in 2.1.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- openjpeg2 Fixed in 2.1.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- openjpeg2 Fixed in 2.1.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- openjpeg2 Fixed in 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u2build0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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