CVE-2015-6758 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potentially execute code via a crafted PDF document due to improper casting in PDFium.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-6758?
CVE-2015-6758 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 15 Oct 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The CPDF_Document::GetPage function in fpdfapi/fpdf_parser/fpdf_parser_document.cpp in PDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 46.0.2490.71, does not properly perform a cast of a dictionary object, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document.
Weakness: CWE-17
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6758?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6758?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2015-6758 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6758 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4qw4-mgvm-hr9r, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6758.