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Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2016-1686 Out-of-bounds read in PDFium

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Jun 5, 2016

Added

Jun 9, 2016

Modified

Mar 30, 2026

Description

The CPDF_DIBSource::CreateDecoder function in core/fpdfapi/fpdf_render/fpdf_render_loadimage.cpp in PDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, mishandles decoder-initialization failure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted PDF document.

Solution

google-chrome-upgrade-latest

References

CVE-2016-1686
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-1686
CWE-119
EUVD-EUVD-2016-2781
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-2781

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