CVE-2015-7216

medium
Published 2015-12-16 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

The gdk-pixbuf configuration in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 on Linux GNOME platforms incorrectly enables the JasPer decoder, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted JPEG 2000 image.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-143.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse suse42.1affected
suse suse13.1affected
suse suse13.2affected
fedora fedora22affected
fedora fedora23affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mozillafirefox{"endIncluding":"42.0"}
gnomegnome-

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.