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CVE-2016-5152

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5152 is an integer overflow vulnerability in the OpenJPEG library, specifically within the opj_tcd_get_decoded_tile_size function, impacting Google Chrome and OpenSUSE products. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, leading to a denial of service or potentially other unspecified impacts, through specially crafted JPEG 2000 data. Rated with a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and can result in high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While the vulnerability has a high risk score and some community discussion, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 52.0.2743.116CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0164 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 14,848 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:53.0.2785.89-3.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-5152Important

chromium-browser: heap overflow in pdfium

Aug 31, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00008.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00073.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1854.html
codereview.chromium.org / 2182683002
crbug.com / 629919
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201610-09
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3660
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-4013
securityfocus.com / bid/92717
securitytracker.com / id/1036729