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title: "CVE-2013-6053\n    | Ubuntu"
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6053?format=md
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# CVE-2013-6053

Publication date 27 April 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

OpenJPEG 1.5.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via
unspecified vectors that trigger a heap-based out-of-bounds read.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6053?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openjpeg | 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [ebarretto](https://launchpad.net/~ebarretto)

Only affects 1.5.1

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6053)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6053)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-6053)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6053)

### Other references

* <https://code.google.com/p/openjpeg/issues/detail?id=297>
* <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036493>
* <http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/412>
* <http://openjpeg.googlecode.com/svn/tags/version.1.5.2/NEWS>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6053>
