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CVE-2016-5139

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5139 describes multiple integer overflows in the OpenJPEG library's opj_tcd_init_tile function, specifically impacting PDFium within Google Chrome versions prior to 52.0.2743.116. This vulnerability, triggered by crafted JPEG 2000 data, carries a high CVSS score of 7.6 due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for a denial of service or other unspecified impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (not in KEV or Hot List), and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it garnered some community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
52.0.2743.82CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:52.0.2743.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.6HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0128 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: openjpeg-0:1.3-16.el6_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:52.0.2743.116-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: openjpeg-0:1.5.1-16.el7_3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-5139Important

openjpeg: Heap overflow in parsing of JPEG2000 precincts

Aug 3, 2016

References

googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00006.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1580.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0559.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0838.html
codereview.chromium.org / 2124073003
crbug.com / 625541
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00025.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KMX62M7UNRLWO4FEQ6YIMPMTKXXJV6A
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201610-09
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3645
securityfocus.com / bid/92276
securitytracker.com / id/1036547