VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2015-7216

medium
Published 2015-12-16 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
6.8

Description

The gdk-pixbuf configuration in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 on Linux GNOME platforms incorrectly enables the JasPer decoder, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted JPEG 2000 image.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
fedora Fedora Affected 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
23 Affected —
22 Affected —
suse SUSE Affected 3 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
42.1 Affected —
13.2 Affected —
13.1 Affected —

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
mozilla mozillafirefox{"endIncluding":"42.0"}
gnomegnome-

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.