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Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2016-1645 Out-of-bounds write in PDFium

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Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2016-1645 Out-of-bounds write in PDFium

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/21/2016
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

Multiple integer signedness errors in the opj_j2k_update_image_data function in j2k.c in OpenJPEG, as used in PDFium in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.87, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect cast and out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JPEG 2000 data.

Solution(s)

  • google-chrome-upgrade-latest

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