CVE-2016-5186

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-12-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

Devtools in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android incorrectly handled objects after a tab crash, which allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via crafted PDF files.

Affected products

Google Chrome: through 53.0.2785.143

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2067.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93528
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/644963
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2067.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93528
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/644963
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09

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