High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 18, 2016· Updated May 6, 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.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

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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