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CVE-2015-1239 json

Double free vulnerability in the j2k_read_ppm_v3 function in OpenJPEG before r2997, as used in PDFium in Google Chrome, allows remote attac…

published 9y ago modified last mo. also EUVD-2015-1380

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Double free vulnerability in the j2k_read_ppm_v3 function in OpenJPEG before r2997, as used in PDFium in Google Chrome, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a crafted PDF.

Patch / fix

  • uclouvain openjpeg 2.1.1
  • openjpeg2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.1.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1239

  • openjpeg2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u2build0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1239

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • openjpeg2 SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 2.1.0-4.9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:1364-1

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Exploit prediction

1.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.chromium.org https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=457493 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugs.chromium.org https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=430891 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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Sources

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