PT-2016-3024 · Google+4 · Google Chrome+5

Published 2016-12-01 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-5220

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux Google Chrome version prior to 55.0.2883.84 for Android

Description The issue is related to incorrect handling of navigation within PDFs by the PDFium component in Google Chrome, which allows a remote attacker to read local files via a crafted PDF file. This can be exploited to cause a denial of service or other system impact.

Recommendations For Google Chrome versions prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, update to version 55.0.2883.75 or later. For Google Chrome version prior to 55.0.2883.84 for Android, update to version 55.0.2883.84 or later.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2425

BDU:2017-00108

CVE-2016-5220

DSA-3731-1

MGASA-2016-0419

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_3108-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:0563-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1

RHSA-2016:2919

RHSA-2016_2919

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Google Chrome

Opera

Pdfium

Red Hat

Suse

References · 740

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2017:0563-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5220 · Security Note
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5220 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5220 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0419.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3731-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0419 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00108 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5220 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5220 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1695 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5217 · Note