CVE-2017-5036 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in PDFium, the PDF rendering engine used by Google Chrome prior to versions 57.0.2987.98 (desktop) and 57.0.2987.108 (Android). This flaw allowed a remote attacker to achieve an unspecified impact by enticing a user to open a specially crafted PDF file. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability could lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, requiring user interaction to trigger. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, and community discussion is minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 57.0.2987.75CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 57.0.2987.100CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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