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Debian: CVE-2016-5151: chromium-browser -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-5151: chromium-browser -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/05/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/06/2016
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

PDFium in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux mishandles timers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document, related to fpdfsdk/javascript/JS_Object.cpp and fpdfsdk/javascript/app.cpp.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-chromium-browser

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