CVE-2016-5157

high
Published 2016-09-11 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
8.8

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the opj_dwt_interleave_v function in dwt.c in OpenJPEG, as used in PDFium in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted coordinate values in JPEG 2000 data.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5157

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse suse42.1affected
fedora fedora23affected
fedora fedora24affected
fedora fedora25affected
debian debianbookwormfixed2.1.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.1.2-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.1.2-1
debian debiansidfixed2.1.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.1.2-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gcp googlechrome{"endIncluding":"52.0.2743.116"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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