SB2015100103 - Fedora 21 update for openjpeg2
Published: October 1, 2015 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015100103
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-6581)
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>
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.