CVE-2015-8871
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 3% (pctl 87)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 2.96% — more likely to be exploited than 87% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-416 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-09-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| uclouvain | openjpeg |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3665
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/13/1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263359
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/940100c28ae28931722290794889cf84a92c5f6f
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/563
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-26
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3665
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/13/1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263359
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/940100c28ae28931722290794889cf84a92c5f6f
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/563
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-26
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