Google Chrome prior 76.0.3809.87 PDFium PDF File integer overflow

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Google Chrome. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component PDFium. This manipulation as part of PDF File causes integer overflow. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-5854. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Google Chrome (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component PDFium. The manipulation as part of a PDF File leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 76.0.3809.87 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file.

The weakness was released 11/25/2019. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-5854 since 01/09/2019. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/27/2024). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

Upgrading to version 76.0.3809.87 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-146285, VDB-146284, VDB-146283 and VDB-146282. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Web Browser

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• Google

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• Chrome

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• free

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• Vendor: https://www.google.com/
• Product: https://www.google.com/chrome/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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