Double Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package openjpeg2  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1710-OPENJPEG2-627789
  • published18 Oct 2017
  • disclosed18 Oct 2017

Introduced: 18 Oct 2017

CVE-2015-1239  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:17.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openjpeg2 package and not the openjpeg2 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Double free vulnerability in the j2k_read_ppm_v3 function in OpenJPEG before r2997, as used in PDFium in Google Chrome, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a crafted PDF.