CVE-2016-5216
published 2017-01-19CVE-2016-5216: A use after free 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 perform…
PriorityP428medium6.3CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCLILAL
EPSS
0.78%
52.5th percentile
A use after free 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 perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted PDF file.
Affected
1 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| chrome | <= 54.0.2840.99 | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.06.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv6.3MEDIUM
vendor_redhat6.3MEDIUM
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VulDB
Google Chrome up to 55 PDFium use after free (RHSA-2016:2919 / Nessus ID 95546)
vuldb·2026-05-14·CVSS 6.3
CVE-2016-5216 [MEDIUM] Google Chrome up to 55 PDFium use after free (RHSA-2016:2919 / Nessus ID 95546)
A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Google Chrome up to 55. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component PDFium. Such manipulation leads to use after free.
This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-5216. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.
Upgrading the affected component is recommended.
GHSA
GHSA-vwjx-575r-p4w6: A use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 55
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2016-5216 [MEDIUM] CWE-416 GHSA-vwjx-575r-p4w6: A use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 55
A use after free 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 perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted PDF file.
OSV
CVE-2016-5216: A use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 55
osv·2017-01-19·CVSS 6.3
CVE-2016-5216 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-5216: A use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 55
A use after free 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 perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted PDF file.
Red Hat
chromium-browser: use after free in pdfium
vendor_redhat·2016-12-01·CVSS 6.3
CVE-2016-5216 [MEDIUM] chromium-browser: use after free in pdfium
chromium-browser: use after free in pdfium
A use after free 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 perform an out of bounds memory read 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
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions of Fedora. While only
one tracking bug has b
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5216 chromium-browser: use after free in pdfium
bugzilla·2016-12-02·CVSS 6.3
CVE-2016-5216 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-5216 chromium-browser: use after free in pdfium
CVE-2016-5216 chromium-browser: use after free in pdfium
An use after free flaw was found in the PDFium component of the Chromium browser.
Upstream bug(s):
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=653090
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/653090http://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/653090
2017-01-19
Published