PT-2015-2395 · Opera+3 · Opera+4
Tom Sepez
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Published
2015-10-15
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Updated
2024-06-15
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CVE-2015-6756
CVSS v2.0
6.8
Medium
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Google Chrome versions prior to 46.0.2490.71
PDFium (affected versions not specified)
Opera (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in the CPDFSDK PageView implementation in PDFium, which can be exploited by remote attackers using a specially crafted PDF file. This can lead to a denial of service due to heap memory corruption or possibly have other unspecified impacts. The vulnerability is caused by the mishandling of a focused annotation in a PDF document.
Recommendations
For Google Chrome versions prior to 46.0.2490.71, update to version 46.0.2490.71 or later to resolve the issue.
For PDFium, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
For Opera, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
Use After Free
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Google Chrome
Opera
Pdfium
Red Hat