chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in PDFium
Published Feb 21, 2016
6.3
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.88%
Description
pi.c in OpenJPEG, as used in PDFium in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.109, does not validate a certain precision value, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted JPEG 2000 image in a PDF document, related to the opj_pi_next_rpcl, opj_pi_next_pcrl, and opj_pi_next_cprl functions.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 8.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:48.0.2564.109-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0241
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:48.0.2564.109-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0241 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (23 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.88% (0.01883) | 78.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 1.88% (0.01883) | 78.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 3.12% (0.03121) | 87.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 1.88% (0.01883) | 78.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 3.12% (0.03121) | 86.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 1.88% (0.01883) | 77.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 3.12% (0.03121) | 86.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 1.88% (0.01883) | 77.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 3.12% (0.03121) | 86.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.88% (0.01883) | 76.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 77.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 25.45% (0.25453) | 96.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 11, 2024 | 25.45% (0.25453) | 96.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 28, 2024 | 23.40% (0.23400) | 96.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 15, 2024 | 5.65% (0.05652) | 93.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 22, 2024 | 3.31% (0.03308) | 91.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 2.36% (0.02360) | 88.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 29, 2023 | 1.45% (0.01453) | 84.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 14, 2023 | 2.05% (0.02047) | 87.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.56% (0.01563) | 85.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.86% (0.05857) | 90.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.86% (0.05857) | 89.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.86% (0.05857) | 77.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/02/stable-channel-update_9.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0241.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3486 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4013 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83125 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035183 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-172/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1628 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1310577 Issue Tracking
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=571479 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1590593002 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1628
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1628
Change history (0)
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