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Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2016-5183 Use after free in PDFium

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Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2016-5183 Use after free in PDFium

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/17/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/21/2016
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

A heap use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted PDF files.

Solution(s)

  • google-chrome-upgrade-latest

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