CVE-2015-1239

Public Exploit

Description

Double free vulnerability in the j2k_read_ppm_v3 function in OpenJPEG before r2997, as used in PDFium in Google Chrome, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a crafted PDF.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.82% Top 30%
Third-Party Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00025.html third party advisory mailing list
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=457493 exploit
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=430891 exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-1239?
CVE-2015-1239 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-1239?
To fix CVE-2015-1239, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-1239 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-1239 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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