CVE-2016-5216 — Use After Free in Google Chrome

CWE-416 — Use After Free6 documents5 sources
Severity
6.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 35.70%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Google Chrome
Timeline
PublishedJan 19
Latest updateMay 14

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.4

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDgoogle/chrome54.0.2840.99

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-vwjx-575r-p4w6: A use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 55↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2016-5216: A use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 55↗2017-01-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
chromium-browser: use after free in pdfium↗2016-12-01
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-12-02
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5216 chromium-browser: use after free in pdfium↗2016-12-02
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