CVE-2016-5154 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute code via crafted JBig2 images 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-2016-5154?
CVE-2016-5154 is a high-severity memory corruption 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
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in PDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted JBig2 image.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5154?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Google Chrome, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5154?
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-2016-5154 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5154 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mjhw-crwr-vppw, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5154.