CVE-2016-1686 Information

Description

The CPDF_DIBSource::CreateDecoder function in core/fpdfapi/fpdf_render/fpdf_render_loadimage.cpp in PDFium as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63 mishandles decoder-initialization failure which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted PDF document.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90876 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035981 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190 https://codereview.chromium.org/1892143003 https://crbug.com/603518 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-07

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.5