CVE-2015-7216 Denial of service in n/a
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7xfq-638r-5cw2, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7216.