CVE-2016-10403 describes an insufficient data validation vulnerability in PDFium within Google Chrome versions prior to 51.0.2704.63. This flaw allowed a remote attacker to trigger an out-of-bounds memory read by enticing a user to open a specially crafted PDF file. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability poses a significant risk, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV) or publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 51.0.2704.63CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.