Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 7, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-5140
CVE-2016-5140
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the opj_j2k_read_SQcd_SQcc function in j2k.c in OpenJPEG, as used in PDFium in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.116, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JPEG 2000 data.
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Affected products
6- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/chromium&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/chromium&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2012
< 55.0.2883.75-3.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 55.0.2883.75-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.0.2743.116-92.1
Patches
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References
11- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00005.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00006.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1580.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3645nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92276nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036547nvd
- codereview.chromium.org/2071773002nvd
- crbug.com/619405nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KMX62M7UNRLWO4FEQ6YIMPMTKXXJV6A/nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09nvd
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