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CVE-2016-5159

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5159 describes multiple integer overflows in OpenJPEG, specifically within PDFium in Google Chrome versions prior to 53.0.2785.89 on Windows/OS X and 53.0.2785.92 on Linux. This vulnerability, rated 8.8 HIGH (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts through crafted JPEG 2000 data. While the EPSS score is low and it's not on the KEV catalog, indicating a low likelihood of active exploitation, its high CVSS score reflects significant potential impact (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability). There is no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting it is not widely targeted.

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
1.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0196 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 14,824 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
View patch
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-2016-5159Important

openjpeg: heap overflow in parsing of JPEG2000 code blocks

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
codereview.chromium.org / 2218783002
crbug.com / 628304
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-3768
securityfocus.com / bid/92717
securitytracker.com / id/1036729