PT-2016-3041 · Google+4 · Google Chrome+5

Published 2016-12-01 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-5211

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to a use after free in the PDFium component, which can be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted PDF file. This could potentially allow the attacker to access protected information by exploiting heap corruption.

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 versions prior to 55.0.2883.84 for Android, update to version 55.0.2883.84 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of PDF files from untrusted sources until the issue is resolved.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2425

BDU:2017-00140

CVE-2016-5211

DSA-3731-1

MGASA-2016-0419

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_3108-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:0563-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

RHSA-2016:2919

RHSA-2016_2919

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Google Chrome

Opera

Pdfium

Red Hat

Suse

References · 2354

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2017:0563-1 · 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/openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5211 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5211 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5211 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00140 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5211 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5211 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0419 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-21192 · Note