CVE-2016-5203 is a use-after-free vulnerability in PDFium affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 55.0.2883.75 on Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 on Android. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PDF file. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating its importance.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 54.0.2840.99CPE 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.