CVE-2015-8871

critical

Published 2016-09-21 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

9.8

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 6 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.1.1-1`
sid	Fixed	`2.1.1-1`
forky	Fixed	`2.1.1-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.1.1-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.1.1-1`
8.0	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
uclouvain	openjpeg	`{"endIncluding":"2.1.0"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-416

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

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