CVE-2016-5210

high

Published 2017-01-19 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

6.8

VIR risk

8.8

Description

Heap buffer overflow during TIFF image parsing in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201612-3

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
arch		fixed	`55.0.2883.75-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
google	chrome	`{"endIncluding":"54.0.2840.99"}`

References

https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201612-3
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/654183
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11

CWEs

CWE-787

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.