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CVE-2016-5158

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5158 describes multiple integer overflows in OpenJPEG's opj_tcd_init_tile function, affecting Google Chrome on Windows, OS X, and Linux. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and potentially achieve arbitrary code execution or denial of service via crafted JPEG 2000 data, requiring user interaction. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is confirmed, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

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

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
1.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0154 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 14,855 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-0:53.0.2785.89-3.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-2016-5158Important

openjpeg: heap overflow due to unsafe use of opj_aligned_malloc

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
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0559.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0838.html
crbug.com / 628890
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
pdfium.googlesource.com / pdfium.git/+/ff74356915d4c7f7c6eb16de1e9f403da4ecb6d5
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201610-09
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3660
securityfocus.com / bid/92717
securitytracker.com / id/1036729