CVE-2015-8871

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: September 21, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3665

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/4

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/13/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263359

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking

https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

Source: cve@mitre.org

Release Notes Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/940100c28ae28931722290794889cf84a92c5f6f

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch

https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/563

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-26

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3665