CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-5114

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Inappropriate use of partition alloc in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to version 61.0.3163.79 for Linux, Windows, and Mac, and prior to version 61.0.3163.81 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit memory corruption via a crafted PDF file.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute remote code, potentially compromising the user's system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Google Chrome to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Inappropriate use of partition alloc in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Linux, Windows, and Mac, and 61.0.3163.81 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit memory corruption via a crafted PDF file.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS