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CVE-2015-5221

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5221 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the JasPer JPEG-2000 library, specifically within the mif_process_cmpt function, affecting products like Fedora and openSUSE. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by crashing the application through a specially crafted JPEG 2000 image file. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires user interaction (e.g., opening the malicious file) and has a low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0219 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: jasper-0:1.900.1-21.el6_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: jasper-0:1.900.1-30.el7_3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-5221Moderate

jasper: use-after-free and double-free flaws in mif_process_cmpt()

Aug 20, 2015

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00010.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00018.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00064.html
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1208
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
github.com / mdadams/jasper/commit/df5d2867e8004e51e18b89865bc4aa69229227b3
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00023.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QIZNTZDXOJR5BTRZKCS3GVHVZV2PWHH
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AXWV22WGSQFDRPE7G6ECGP3QXS2V2A2M
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UNLVBZWDEXZCFWOBZ3YVEQINMRBRX5QV
usn.ubuntu.com / 3693-1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/4
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory