chromium-browser: Heap overflow in pdfium
Published Aug 7, 2016
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.85%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the opj_j2k_read_SQcd_SQcc function in j2k.c in OpenJPEG, as used in PDFium in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.116, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JPEG 2000 data.
Affected products
No data.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:52.0.2743.116-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1580
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:52.0.2743.116-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1580 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.85% (0.01849) | 78.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.78% (0.01782) | 75.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.48% (0.01483) | 79.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.13% (0.02126) | 89.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 2.13% (0.02126) | 87.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 20, 2023 | 1.88% (0.01884) | 86.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 11, 2023 | 1.61% (0.01606) | 85.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 29, 2023 | 1.51% (0.01509) | 85.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.35% (0.01350) | 84.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (16)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1580.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3645 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92276 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036547 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5140 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1363983 Issue Tracking
- https://codereview.chromium.org/2071773002 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/619405 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KMX62M7UNRLWO4FEQ6YIMPMTKXXJV6A/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5140
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5140
Change history (0)
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