High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 18, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-5183

Description

A heap use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted PDF files.

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Affected products

Google/Chrome2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=53.0.2785.143
- (no CPE)range: <54.0.2840.59
Google/Pdfiumllm-fuzzy
Range: <54.0.2840.59
osv-coords2 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/chromium&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/chromium&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2012
< 55.0.2883.75-3.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 55.0.2883.75-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 54.0.2840.59-109.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2067.htmlnvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93528nvd
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlnvd
codereview.chromium.org/2338893002nvd
crbug.com/645122nvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09nvd

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