CVE-2015-7216 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Firefox on Linux via crafted JPEG 2000 images due to incorrect decoder configuration.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2015-7216?

CVE-2015-7216 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 16 Dec 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-7216?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Mozilla Firefox, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2015-7216?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2015-7216 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7216 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7xfq-638r-5cw2, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7216.

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