CVE-2018-20072 (GCVE-0-2018-20072)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-23 21:56 – Updated: 2025-03-25 16:20
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Insufficient data validation in PDF in Google Chrome prior to 73.0.3683.75 allowed a remote attacker to perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted PDF file. (Chromium security severity: Low)
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-24 19:01 UTC
CWE
- Insufficient data validation
- CWE-noinfo Not enough information
Assigner
References
1 reference
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