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CVE-2017-5057 (GCVE-0-2017-5057)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-27 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:47
VLAI
Summary
Type confusion in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 58.0.3029.81 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 58.0.3029.83 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted PDF file.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Type Confusion
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1124 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-02 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://crbug.com/695826 x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038317 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/04/sta… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97939 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Google Chrome prior to 58.0.3029.81 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 58.0.3029.83 for Android Affected: Google Chrome prior to 58.0.3029.81 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 58.0.3029.83 for Android
Date Public
2017-04-19 00:00
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