CVE-2016-1686 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Google Chrome

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer7 documents6 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.3%
top 19.96%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
8
Google ChromeDebian LinuxOpensuse Leap+5 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 5
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The CPDF_DIBSource::CreateDecoder function in core/fpdfapi/fpdf_render/fpdf_render_loadimage.cpp in PDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, mishandles decoder-initialization failure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted PDF document.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages6 packages

▶NVDgoogle/chrome50.0.2661.102
▶NVDopensuse/leap42.1

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Linux Enterprise 12.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-3mhx-4cwj-8prc: The CPDF_DIBSource::CreateDecoder function in core/fpdfapi/fpdf_render/fpdf_render_loadimage↗2022-05-14
▶
OSV
CVE-2016-1686: The CPDF_DIBSource::CreateDecoder function in core/fpdfapi/fpdf_render/fpdf_render_loadimage↗2016-06-05
▶
CVEList
CVE-2016-1686: The CPDF_DIBSource::CreateDecoder function in core/fpdfapi/fpdf_render/fpdf_render_loadimage↗2016-06-05
▶

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in pdfium↗2016-05-25
▶

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1686 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in pdfium↗2016-05-26
▶
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2116 jasper: memory leak in jas_iccprof_createfrombuf()↗2016-03-03
▶
CVE-2016-1686 — Google Chrome vulnerability | cvebase