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CVE-2016-5183

A heap use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and...

8.8 HighFix available

A heap use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted PDF files.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.16%Down 0.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

A heap use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted PDF files.

Record
CVE-2016-5183
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-416
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

A heap use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted PDF files.

Record
CVE-2016-5183
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-6134 No score

A heap use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted PDF files.

Record
EUVD-2016-6134
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mr78-86rh-644v 8.8

A heap use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and...

A heap use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted PDF files.

Record
GHSA-mr78-86rh-644v
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-416
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2016:2067 8.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: chromium-browser security update

Record
RHSA-2016:2067
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-5183 8.8

A heap use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted PDF files.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5183
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVMGASA-2016-0403 No score

Updated chromium-browser-stable packages fix security vulnerabilities

Multiple flaws were found in Chromium's processing of web content where loading a web page containing malicious content could cause Chromium to crash, execute arbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2016-5181, CVE-2016-5182, CVE-2016-5183, CVE-2016-5184, CVE-2016-5185, CVE-2016-5186, CVE-2016-5187, CVE-2016-5188, CVE-2016-5189, CVE-2016-5190, CVE-2016-5191, CVE-2016-5192, CVE-2016-5193, CVE-2016-5194, CVE-2016-5198, CVE-2016-5199, CVE-2016-5200, CVE-2016-5201, CVE-2016-5202)

Record
MGASA-2016-0403
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2016:2597-1 No score

Security update for Chromium

Chromium was updated to 54.0.2840.59 to fix security issues and bugs.

The following security issues are fixed (bnc#1004465):

  • CVE-2016-5181: Universal XSS in Blink
  • CVE-2016-5182: Heap overflow in Blink
  • CVE-2016-5183: Use after free in PDFium
  • CVE-2016-5184: Use after free in PDFium
  • CVE-2016-5185: Use after free in Blink
  • CVE-2016-5187: URL spoofing
  • CVE-2016-5188: UI spoofing
  • CVE-2016-5192: Cross-origin bypass in Blink
  • CVE-2016-5189: URL spoofing
  • CVE-2016-5186: Out of bounds read in DevTools
  • CVE-2016-5191: Universal XSS in Bookmarks
  • CVE-2016-5190: Use after free in Internals
  • CVE-2016-5193: Scheme bypass

The following bugs were fixed:

  • bnc#1000019: display issues in full screen mode, add --ui-disable-partial-swap to the launcher

The following packaging changes are included:

  • The desktop sub-packages are no obsolete
  • The package now uses the system variants of some bundled libraries
  • The hangouts extension is now built
Record
openSUSE-SU-2016:2597-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1 No score

chromedriver-55.0.2883.75-3.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the chromedriver-55.0.2883.75-3.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 No score

ungoogled-chromium-113.0.5672.92-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the ungoogled-chromium-113.0.5672.92-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2597-1 No score

Security update for Chromium

Chromium was updated to 54.0.2840.59 to fix security issues and bugs.

The following security issues are fixed (bnc#1004465):

  • CVE-2016-5181: Universal XSS in Blink
  • CVE-2016-5182: Heap overflow in Blink
  • CVE-2016-5183: Use after free in PDFium
  • CVE-2016-5184: Use after free in PDFium
  • CVE-2016-5185: Use after free in Blink
  • CVE-2016-5187: URL spoofing
  • CVE-2016-5188: UI spoofing
  • CVE-2016-5192: Cross-origin bypass in Blink
  • CVE-2016-5189: URL spoofing
  • CVE-2016-5186: Out of bounds read in DevTools
  • CVE-2016-5191: Universal XSS in Bookmarks
  • CVE-2016-5190: Use after free in Internals
  • CVE-2016-5193: Scheme bypass

The following bugs were fixed:

  • bnc#1000019: display issues in full screen mode, add --ui-disable-partial-swap to the launcher

The following packaging changes are included:

  • The desktop sub-packages are no obsolete
  • The package now uses the system variants of some bundled libraries
  • The hangouts extension is now built
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2597-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2598-1 No score

Security update for Chromium

Chromium was updated to 54.0.2840.59 to fix security issues and bugs.

The following security issues are fixed (bnc#1004465):

  • CVE-2016-5181: Universal XSS in Blink
  • CVE-2016-5182: Heap overflow in Blink
  • CVE-2016-5183: Use after free in PDFium
  • CVE-2016-5184: Use after free in PDFium
  • CVE-2016-5185: Use after free in Blink
  • CVE-2016-5187: URL spoofing
  • CVE-2016-5188: UI spoofing
  • CVE-2016-5192: Cross-origin bypass in Blink
  • CVE-2016-5189: URL spoofing
  • CVE-2016-5186: Out of bounds read in DevTools
  • CVE-2016-5191: Universal XSS in Bookmarks
  • CVE-2016-5190: Use after free in Internals
  • CVE-2016-5193: Scheme bypass

The following bugs were fixed:

  • bnc#1000019: display issues in full screen mode, add --ui-disable-partial-swap to the launcher

The following packaging changes are included:

  • The desktop sub-packages are no obsolete
  • The package now uses the system variants of some bundled libraries
  • The hangouts extension is now built
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2598-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
chromium-browser
Debian:8
 before 55.0.2883.75-1~deb8u1, plus listed versions
41.0.2272.118-142.0.2311.135-142.0.2311.135-1~deb8u142.0.2311.135-242.0.2311.90-1
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42.0.2311.90-1~deb8u142.0.2311.90-243.0.2357.124-143.0.2357.124-243.0.2357.124-343.0.2357.130-143.0.2357.65-143.0.2357.65-1~deb8u143.0.2357.81-144.0.2403.107-144.0.2403.107-244.0.2403.157-144.0.2403.89-144.0.2403.89-1~deb8u145.0.2454.101-145.0.2454.85-145.0.2454.85-1~deb8u146.0.2490.13-146.0.2490.71-146.0.2490.71-1~deb8u147.0.2526.111-147.0.2526.16-147.0.2526.73-147.0.2526.73-1~deb8u147.0.2526.80-147.0.2526.80-1~deb8u147.0.2526.80-247.0.2526.80-348.0.2564.116-148.0.2564.116-1~deb8u148.0.2564.23-148.0.2564.82-148.0.2564.82-1~deb8u148.0.2564.82-249.0.2623.108-149.0.2623.108-1~deb8u149.0.2623.108-249.0.2623.75-149.0.2623.75-1~deb8u149.0.2623.75-249.0.2623.87-149.0.2623.87-1~deb8u150.0.2661.75-150.0.2661.75-1~deb8u150.0.2661.75-2
55.0.2883.75-1~deb8u1
chromium-browser-stable
Mageia:5
 before 54.0.2840.100-1.1.mga5
54.0.2840.100-1.1.mga5
chromium-browser
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
 before 0:54.0.2840.59-1.el6
0:54.0.2840.59-1.el6
chromium-browser-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
 before 0:54.0.2840.59-1.el6
0:54.0.2840.59-1.el6
chromium
SUSE:Package Hub 12
 before 54.0.2840.59-109.1
54.0.2840.59-109.1
chromium-browser
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
 before 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172, plus listed versions
29.0.1547.65-0ubuntu231.0.1650.63-0ubuntu1~20131204.132.0.1700.107-0ubuntu1~20140204.977.133.0.1750.152-0ubuntu1~pkg995.134.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2
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36.0.1985.125-0ubuntu1.14.04.0~pkg102937.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg104237.0.2062.120-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg104938.0.2125.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106139.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106440.0.2214.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106840.0.2214.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106941.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.107643.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.108943.0.2357.130-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109244.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109545.0.2454.85-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109745.0.2454.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109947.0.2526.73-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.110647.0.2526.106-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.110748.0.2564.82-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.110848.0.2564.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.111149.0.2623.87-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.111249.0.2623.108-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.111350.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.111751.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.112152.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.113453.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.114253.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1145
58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172
chromium-browser
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 before 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263, plus listed versions
45.0.2454.101-0ubuntu1.120147.0.2526.73-0ubuntu1.121847.0.2526.106-0ubuntu1.122148.0.2564.82-0ubuntu1.122248.0.2564.116-0ubuntu1.1229
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49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu1.123249.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.123350.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.123751.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.124252.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.125053.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.125453.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1257
55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263
chromium
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
 before 55.0.2883.75-3.1
55.0.2883.75-3.1
chromium
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
 before 113.0.5672.92-1.1
113.0.5672.92-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-5183 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Google Chrome, published October 19, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.16%, the 67th percentile. Fixed in chromium-browser 55.0.2883.75-1~deb8u1.

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