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Unscored CVE-2016-5184 EUVD-2016-6135GHSA-r98c-x7h2-q5rv

PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android incorrectly handled object lifecycles i…

Published Dec 18, 2016 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by Chrome

Description

PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android incorrectly handled object lifecycles in CFFL_FormFillter::KillFocusForAnnot, which allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted PDF files.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 8 chromium-browser 55.0.2883.75-1~deb8u1 DSA-3731-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS chromium-browser 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263 —
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS chromium-browser 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 6 chromium-browser 54.0.2840.59-1.el6 RHSA-2016:2067
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SUSE Package Hub 12 chromium 54.0.2840.59-109.1 openSUSE-SU-2016:2597-1, SUSE-SU-2016:2598-1, SUSE-SU-2016:2597-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed chromium 55.0.2883.75-3.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1

Advisories 7

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