CVE-2015-1279

Integer overflow in the CJBig2_Image::expand function in fxcodec/jbig2/JBig2_Image.cpp in PDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via large height and stride values.

Published: 2015-07-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-1279 is rated Moderate Risk (58.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.15%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-1279

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.65% 2.15% +0.50%
2 2025-06-04 1.49% 1.65% +0.16%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.49% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-1279

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-1279

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-1279

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2015-1279: 1 GLSA(s) (201603-09), 1 atom(s) (www-client/chromium); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-1279
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1279
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-1279 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (chromium-browser, oxide-qt), 12 status rows across 6 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily): not-affected 4, released 4, DNE 2, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1279

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-1279

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_supplementary 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus 6.7z cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus:6.7z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google chrome <= 43.0.2357.134 cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-1279

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