CVE-2015-6581
Double free vulnerability in the opj_j2k_copy_default_tcp_and_create_tcd function in j2k.c in OpenJPEG before r3002, as used in PDFium in Google Chrome before 45.0.2454.85, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.68%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Double free vulnerability in the opj_j2k_copy_default_tcp_and_create_tcd function in j2k.c in OpenJPEG before r3002, as used in PDFium in Google Chrome before 45.0.2454.85, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) by triggering a memory-allocation failure.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.68% probability · 86th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 2.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/09/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168736.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169258.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3665
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033472
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=486538
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=526825
- https://code.google.com/p/openjpeg/issues/detail?id=492
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/09/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168736.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169258.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3665
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033472
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=486538
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=526825
- https://code.google.com/p/openjpeg/issues/detail?id=492
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.