CVE-2016-1626 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2016-1626?

CVE-2016-1626 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 14 Feb 2016. 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 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.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1626?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1626?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2016-1626 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1626 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1626, GHSA-2qm9-f7hv-vwh4, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1626.