CVE-2015-6758 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

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.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-4qw4-mgvm-hr9r, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6758.

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