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TI-2016-04460 Aliases CVE-2016-5159GHSA-49fh-qw2v-33hw

Multiple integer overflows in OpenJPEG, as used in PDFium in Google Chrome before…

Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-190Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Multiple integer overflows in OpenJPEG, as used in PDFium in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JPEG 2000 data that is mishandled during opj_aligned_malloc calls in dwt.c and t1.c.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01963 80th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 3 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*42.1VulnerableopenSUSE
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 52.0.2743.116VulnerableGoogle
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 42.1 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 52.0.2743.116 Vulnerable ·Google

Remediation

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2017:0838 Released 2017-03-23 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    openjpeg security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) openjpeg-1.5.1-16.el7_3, openjpeg-libs-1.5.1-16.el7_3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) openjpeg-1.5.1-16.el7_3, openjpeg-devel-1.5.1-16.el7_3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) openjpeg-1.5.1-16.el7_3, openjpeg-libs-1.5.1-16.el7_3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) openjpeg-1.5.1-16.el7_3, openjpeg-devel-1.5.1-16.el7_3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) openjpeg-1.5.1-16.el7_3, openjpeg-libs-1.5.1-16.el7_3, openjpeg-libs-1.5.1-16.el7_3.ppc
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) openjpeg-1.5.1-16.el7_3, openjpeg-devel-1.5.1-16.el7_3, openjpeg-devel-1.5.1-16.el7_3.ppc
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) openjpeg-1.5.1-16.el7_3, openjpeg-libs-1.5.1-16.el7_3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) openjpeg-1.5.1-16.el7_3, openjpeg-devel-1.5.1-16.el7_3
  • RHSA-2017:0559 Released 2017-03-20 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    openjpeg security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) openjpeg-1.3-16.el6_8, openjpeg-libs-1.3-16.el6_8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) openjpeg-1.3-16.el6_8, openjpeg-devel-1.3-16.el6_8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) openjpeg-1.3-16.el6_8, openjpeg-libs-1.3-16.el6_8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) openjpeg-1.3-16.el6_8, openjpeg-devel-1.3-16.el6_8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) openjpeg-1.3-16.el6_8, openjpeg-libs-1.3-16.el6_8, openjpeg-libs-1.3-16.el6_8.ppc
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) openjpeg-1.3-16.el6_8, openjpeg-devel-1.3-16.el6_8, openjpeg-devel-1.3-16.el6_8.ppc
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) openjpeg-1.3-16.el6_8, openjpeg-libs-1.3-16.el6_8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) openjpeg-1.3-16.el6_8, openjpeg-devel-1.3-16.el6_8
  • RHSA-2016:1854 Released 2016-09-12 · Red Hat rating Important
    chromium-browser security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser-53.0.2785.89-3.el6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser-53.0.2785.89-3.el6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser-53.0.2785.89-3.el6

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2017:0838
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2017:0838
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2017:0838
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2017:0838
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2017:0559
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2017:0559
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2016:1854
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2017:0559
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2017:0559
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2017:0559
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2017:0838
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2017:0559
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2017:0838
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2016:1854
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2017:0559
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2017:0838
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2017:0559
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2017:0838
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2016:1854

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-5159
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-49fh-qw2v-33hw

References

Advisory 10

Other 3

Sources

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