High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 11, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-5151
CVE-2016-5151
Description
PDFium in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux mishandles timers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document, related to fpdfsdk/javascript/JS_Object.cpp and fpdfsdk/javascript/app.cpp.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
12- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00003.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00004.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00008.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00073.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1854.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3660nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92717nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036729nvd
- crbug.com/634716nvd
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.htmlnvd
- pdfium.googlesource.com/pdfium.git/+/8ca63de14d522d3d259d74fa43b28b05b02728e8nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09nvd
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