CVE-2016-5151 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potentially execute code via crafted PDF documents due to a use-after-free vulnerability in Chrome's PDFium component.
- 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-2016-5151?
CVE-2016-5151 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 11 Sep 2016. 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
PDFium in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux mishandles timers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document, related to fpdfsdk/javascript/JS_Object.cpp and fpdfsdk/javascript/app.cpp.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5151?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Google Chrome, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5151?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2016-5151 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5151 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rw92-3289-rqpg, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5151.