FKIE_CVE-2016-1685

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-06-05 23:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:42
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
core/fxge/ge/fx_ge_text.cpp in PDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, miscalculates certain index values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted PDF document.
References
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90876
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035981
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://codereview.chromium.org/1875673004
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://crbug.com/601362
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-07
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90876
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035981
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://codereview.chromium.org/1875673004
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://crbug.com/601362
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-07
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
google chrome *
debian debian_linux 8.0
opensuse leap 42.1
opensuse opensuse 13.2
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0
suse linux_enterprise 12.0
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      "value": "core/fxge/ge/fx_ge_text.cpp in PDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, miscalculates certain index values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted PDF document."
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      "value": "core/fxge/ge/fx_ge_text.cpp en PDFium, como es usado en Google Chrome en versiones anteriores a 51.0.2704.63, no calcula correctamente ciertos valores del \u00edndice, lo que permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegaci\u00f3n del servicio (lectura fuera de l\u00edmites) a trav\u00e9s de un documento PDF manipulado."
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:42:25.300",
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