CVE-2015-8871

moderate-risk

Published 2016-09-21

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.

Do I need to act?

1.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 9.8/10 Critical

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Debian Linux

Openjpeg

Affected Vendors

Debian Uclouvain

References (18)

Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3665

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/4

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/13/1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263359

Release Notes https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

Issue Tracking https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/940100c28ae28931722290794889cf84a92...

Issue Tracking https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/563

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-26