CVE-2015-1239 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2017-10-18

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:google:pdfium:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1433-1	openjpeg2 security update
Debian DLA	DLA-1851-1	openjpeg2 security update

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00828.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=430891
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=457493
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00025.html

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Google Chrome Pdfium

Uclouvain Openjpeg

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2017-10-18T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:33:20.647Z

Reserved: 2015-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-1239

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-18T17:29:00.197

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2015-1239

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-415

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