CVE-2015-8871 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01364.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Uclouvain	Openjpeg

Configuration 1 [-]

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

Configuration 2 [-]

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

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References

Link	Providers
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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8871
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-26
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8871

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-09-21T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:22.193Z

Reserved: 2016-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8871

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-09-21T14:25:00.487

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-8871

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8871 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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