What is CVE-2016-5140?

CVE-2016-5140 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-08-07.

How severe is CVE-2016-5140?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Google Chrome

CVE-2016-5140

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…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.024 (85.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Google Chrome
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

92276 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
openSUSE-SU-2016:1983 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
RHSA-2016:1580 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
1036547 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
GLSA-201610-09 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
openSUSE-SU-2016:1982 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
DSA-3645 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5140?: CVE-2016-5140 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-08-07.
How severe is CVE-2016-5140?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.