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CVE-2017-5108 (GCVE-0-2017-5108)

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 60.0.3112.78 for Mac, Windows, Linux, and Android allowed a remote attacker to potentially maliciously modify objects 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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-15 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3926 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://crbug.com/695830 x_refsource_MISC
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/07/sta… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99950 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1833 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Google Chrome prior to 60.0.3112.78 for Mac, Windows, Linux and Android Affected: Google Chrome prior to 60.0.3112.78 for Mac, Windows, Linux and Android
Date Public
2017-07-25 00:00
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