Input validation error - CVE-2015-6581
Published: September 4, 2015 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33795
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-6581
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Double free vulnerability in the opj_j2k_copy_default_tcp_and_create_tcd function in j2k.c in OpenJPEG before r3002, as used in PDFium in Google Chrome before 45.0.2454.85, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) by triggering a memory-allocation failure. <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html">CWE-415: Double Free</a>
Affected software
openjpeg (Alpine package)
openjpeg2
Fedora
openjpeg2
Fedora
How to mitigate CVE-2015-6581
Install update from vendor's website.
openjpeg (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 2.1.0-r1, 2.1.1-r0, 2.1.2-r0
openjpeg2 - addressed in versions 2.1.0-7.fc21, 2.1.0-7.fc22, 2.1.0-7.fc23
openjpeg2 - addressed in versions 2.1.0-7.fc21, 2.1.0-7.fc22, 2.1.0-7.fc23
External References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/09/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168736.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169258.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3665
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033472
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=486538
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=526825
- https://code.google.com/p/openjpeg/issues/detail?id=492