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CVE-2017-5114 (GCVE-0-2017-5114)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-27 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:47
VLAI
Summary
Inappropriate use of partition alloc in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Linux, Windows, and Mac, and 61.0.3163.81 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit memory corruption 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
  • Inappropriate implementation
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-15 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2676 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039291 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100610 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3985 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/09/sta… x_refsource_MISC
https://crbug.com/752829 x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 61.0.3163.81 for Android Affected: Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 61.0.3163.81 for Android
Date Public
2017-09-05 00:00
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