Advisory Details

April 15th, 2016

Google Chrome Pdfium JPEG2000 Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2016-1651
CVSS SCORE	4.3, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS	Google
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Chrome
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows an attacker to leak sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Google Chrome. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of JPEG2000 images. A specially crafted JPEG2000 image embedded inside a PDF can force Google Chrome to read memory past the end of an allocated object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose the contents of adjacent memory.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Google has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_13.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2016-03-04 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2016-04-15 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	kdot

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