PT-2016-3049 · Google+4 · Google Chrome+5

Published 2016-12-01 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-5203

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 version prior to 55.0.2883.84 for Android

Description A use after free in PDFium allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file. This issue is related to the use of memory after it has been freed, which can lead to information disclosure when a specially crafted PDF file is used.

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

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2425

BDU:2017-00148

CVE-2016-5203

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
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5203 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5203 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5203 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5203 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0419.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3731-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5203 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0419 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00148 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1695 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5217 · Note