CVE-2016-5183 (GCVE-0-2016-5183)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-18 03:34 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:53
VLAI
Summary
A heap use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted PDF files.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • heap corruption
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://codereview.chromium.org/2338893002 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://crbug.com/645122 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93528 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2067.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/10/sta… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android Affected: Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android
Date Public
2016-12-17 00:00
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