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CVE-2016-5159

HIGHEPSS 78th pctl
8.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Multiple integer overflows in OpenJPEG, as used in PDFium in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JPEG 2000 data that is mishandled during opj_aligned_malloc calls in dwt.c and t1.c.

How to fix

Remediation Available
openjpeg2Debian
Fixed in:2.1.2-1CVE-2016-5159
Fixed in:2.1.2-1CVE-2016-5159
Fixed in:2.1.2-1CVE-2016-5159
Fixed in:2.1.2-1CVE-2016-5159

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.96%probability of exploitation in 30 days
78thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 78% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2020-16040Medium6.5100%-Fix
CVE-2019-11477High7.599%-Fix
CVE-2023-44443High7.894%-Fix
CVE-2014-0569High9.390%--
CVE-2017-3599High7.590%-Fix
CVE-2023-21716Critical9.882%-Fix
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.