{"id":"CVE-2016-1685","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-1685","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:46:12.071Z","title":"core/fxge/ge/fx_ge_text.cpp in PDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, miscalculates certain index values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted PDF document.","description":"core/fxge/ge/fx_ge_text.cpp in PDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, miscalculates certain index values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted PDF document.","published":"2016-06-05T23:59:14.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:42:25.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["google/chrome","debian/debian linux","opensuse/leap","opensuse/opensuse","redhat/enterprise linux desktop","redhat/enterprise linux server","redhat/enterprise linux workstation","suse/linux enterprise"],"epss":{"score":0.0128,"percentile":0.69811,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.28%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90876","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035981","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://codereview.chromium.org/1875673004","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://crbug.com/601362","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-07","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90876","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035981","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://codereview.chromium.org/1875673004","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://crbug.com/601362","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-07","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1685","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}