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CVE-2015-6581

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-6581 is a double free vulnerability in the OpenJPEG library (specifically the opj_j2k_copy_default_tcp_and_create_tcd function in j2k.c) that affects Google Chrome versions prior to 45.0.2454.85. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through heap memory corruption by triggering a memory-allocation failure. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 44.0.2403CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0268 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-6581Important

openjpeg: Double free vulnerability in opj_j2k_copy_default_tcp_and_create_tcd

May 19, 2015

References

googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2015/09/stable-channel-update.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168736.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169258.html
code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
code.google.com / p/openjpeg/issues/detail
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3665
securitytracker.com / id/1033472