CVE-2016-1626

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Published 2016-02-14 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

4.3

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.3

Description

The opj_pi_update_decode_poc function in pi.c in OpenJPEG, as used in PDFium in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.109, miscalculates a certain layer index value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted PDF document.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

53%

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

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
13.1	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 6 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.1.2-1.2`
sid	Fixed	`2.1.2-1.2`
forky	Fixed	`2.1.2-1.2`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.1.2-1.2`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.1.2-1.2`
8.0	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
google	chrome	`48.0.2564.103`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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

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