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title: "CVE-2015-6581\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-6581

Publication date 3 September 2015

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

Double free vulnerability in the opj\_j2k\_copy\_default\_tcp\_and\_create\_tcd
function in j2k.c in OpenJPEG before r3002, as used in PDFium in Google
Chrome before 45.0.2454.85, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary
code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) by triggering a
memory-allocation failure.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| chromium-browser | 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 45.0.2454.85-0ubuntu1.1198 |
| 17.10 artful | Fixed 45.0.2454.85-0ubuntu1.1198 |
| 17.04 zesty | Fixed 45.0.2454.85-0ubuntu1.1198 |
| 16.10 yakkety | Fixed 45.0.2454.85-0ubuntu1.1198 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 45.0.2454.85-0ubuntu1.1198 |
| 15.10 wily | Fixed 45.0.2454.85-0ubuntu1.1198 |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 45.0.2454.85-0ubuntu0.15.04.1.1181 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 45.0.2454.85-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1097 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored |
| openjpeg | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| oxide-qt | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |

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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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6581?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| openjpeg | * Upstream:   <https://code.google.com/p/openjpeg/source/detail?r=3002> * Upstream:   [1fb24ab](https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/1fb24aba4b29b7cd1b6880d8f0b08196a12efc2c) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6581)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6581)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-6581)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6581)

### Other references

* <http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/09/stable-channel-update.html>
* <https://code.google.com/p/openjpeg/issues/detail?id=492>
* <https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=526825>
* <https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=486538>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6581>