9.3
HIGH CVSS 2.0
CVE-2016-1645
OpenJPEG Denial of Service and Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
Description

Multiple integer signedness errors in the opj_j2k_update_image_data function in j2k.c in OpenJPEG, as used in PDFium in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.87, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect cast and out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JPEG 2000 data.

INFO

Published Date :

March 13, 2016, 10:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-1645 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Opensuse leap
2 Opensuse opensuse
3 Opensuse suse_linux_enterprise_server
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Google chrome
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
This addresses multiple vulnerabilities in OpenJPEG, which can lead to denial-of-service or out-of-bounds write.
  • Upgrade Chrome to version 49.0.2623.87 or later.
  • Update the affected Chromium packages.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-1645 is associated with the following CWEs:

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-1645 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-1645 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update_8.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00066.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00067.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00073.html
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3513
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84224
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035259
    Added Reference http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-197/
    Added Reference https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=587227
    Added Reference https://pdfium.googlesource.com/pdfium/+/c145aeb2bf13ac408fc3e8233acca43d4251bbdc
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035259 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-197/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3513 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00067.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update_8.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=587227 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84224 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://pdfium.googlesource.com/pdfium/+/c145aeb2bf13ac408fc3e8233acca43d4251bbdc [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00073.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00066.html [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-197/
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://pdfium.googlesource.com/pdfium/+/c145aeb2bf13ac408fc3e8233acca43d4251bbdc
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update_8.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=587227
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84224
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3513
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00073.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035259
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00066.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00067.html
  • CVE Source Update by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source Google Inc. Chrome
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 27, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00066.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00066.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00067.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00067.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00073.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00073.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3513 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3513 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84224 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84224 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035259 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035259 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-197/ No Types Assigned http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-197/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=587227 No Types Assigned https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=587227 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://pdfium.googlesource.com/pdfium/+/c145aeb2bf13ac408fc3e8233acca43d4251bbdc No Types Assigned https://pdfium.googlesource.com/pdfium/+/c145aeb2bf13ac408fc3e8233acca43d4251bbdc Vendor Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 03, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3513 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00073.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035259 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00066.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00067.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84224 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 19, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:49.0.2623.75:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update_8.html No Types Assigned http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update_8.html Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 8.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 9.3
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.78 }} 0.13%

score

0.85442

percentile