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CVE-2018-16076 (GCVE-0-2018-16076)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-01-09 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:17
VLAI
Summary
Missing bounds check in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted PDF file.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Out of bounds read
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2666 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/09/sta… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://crbug.com/867501 x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Google Chrome Affected: unspecified , < 69.0.3497.81 (custom)
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Date Public
2019-01-09 00:00
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