CVE-2016-5210
published 2017-01-19CVE-2016-5210: Heap buffer overflow during TIFF image parsing in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android…
PriorityP340high8.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.53%
72.2th percentile
Heap buffer overflow during TIFF image parsing in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file.
Affected
1 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| chrome | <= 54.0.2840.99 | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.08.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv8.8HIGH
vendor_redhat8.8HIGH
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VulDB
Google Chrome up to 55 PFDFium out-of-bounds write (RHSA-2016:2919 / Nessus ID 95546)
vuldb·2026-05-14·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-5210 [HIGH] Google Chrome up to 55 PFDFium out-of-bounds write (RHSA-2016:2919 / Nessus ID 95546)
A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome up to 55. It has been declared as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component PFDFium. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write.
This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2016-5210. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.
It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
GHSA
GHSA-6mvw-v46r-jq8g: Heap buffer overflow during TIFF image parsing in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 55
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2016-5210 [HIGH] CWE-787 GHSA-6mvw-v46r-jq8g: Heap buffer overflow during TIFF image parsing in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 55
Heap buffer overflow during TIFF image parsing in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file.
OSV
CVE-2016-5210: Heap buffer overflow during TIFF image parsing in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 55
osv·2017-01-19·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-5210 [HIGH] CVE-2016-5210: Heap buffer overflow during TIFF image parsing in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 55
Heap buffer overflow during TIFF image parsing in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file.
Red Hat
chromium-browser: out of bounds write in pdfium
vendor_redhat·2016-12-01·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-5210 [HIGH] chromium-browser: out of bounds write in pdfium
chromium-browser: out of bounds write in pdfium
Heap buffer overflow during TIFF image parsing in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2016-12-02·CVSS 8.8
[HIGH] chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]
chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
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NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions of Fedora. While only
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5210 chromium-browser: out of bounds write in pdfium
bugzilla·2016-12-02·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-5210 [HIGH] CVE-2016-5210 chromium-browser: out of bounds write in pdfium
CVE-2016-5210 chromium-browser: out of bounds write in pdfium
An out of bounds write flaw was found in the PDFium component of the Chromium browser.
Upstream bug(s):
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=654183
External References:
https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Discussion:
Created chromium tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1400883]
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This issue has been addressed in the following products:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
Via RHSA-2016:2919 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlhttps://crbug.com/654183https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlhttps://crbug.com/654183https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11
2017-01-19
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