CVE-2015-6778 describes an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability in the CJBig2_SymbolDict class within PDFium, affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 47.0.2526.73. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially other unspecified impacts by presenting a crafted PDF document utilizing JBIG2 compression. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit modules, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 46.0.2490.86CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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