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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-1685: Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-1685: Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/05/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

core/fxge/ge/fx_ge_text.cpp in PDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, miscalculates certain index values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted PDF document.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-chromium

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