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Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-5183): chromium-browser vulnerability

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Severity

CVSS

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

Published

Dec 18, 2016

Added

Nov 19, 2024

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

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

ubuntu-upgrade-chromium-browser

References

CVE-2016-5183
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-5183
CWE-416
EUVD-EUVD-2016-6134
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-6134
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5183

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