CVE-2018-17481 (GCVE-0-2018-17481)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-12-11 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:47
VLAI?
Summary
Incorrect object lifecycle handling in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.98 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • Use after free
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/12/sta… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4395 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://crbug.com/901654 x_refsource_MISC
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/12/sta… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3803 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4352 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106084 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-18 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Google Chrome Affected: unspecified , < 71.0.3578.98 (custom)
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Date Public ?
2018-12-11 00:00
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