CVE-2016-5140
Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—
Heap-based buffer overflow in the opj_j2k_read_SQcd_SQcc function in j2k.c in OpenJPEG, as used in PDFium in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.116, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JPEG 2000 data.
CVSS
- Version: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Base score: 9.8
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.85%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 79
- Score date: 10/18/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-119
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00006.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1580.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3645
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92276
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036547
- https://codereview.chromium.org/2071773002
- https://crbug.com/619405
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KMX62M7UNRLWO4FEQ6YIMPMTKXXJV6A/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00006.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1580.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3645
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92276
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036547
- https://codereview.chromium.org/2071773002
- https://crbug.com/619405
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KMX62M7UNRLWO4FEQ6YIMPMTKXXJV6A/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09
Raw JSON (NVD)
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