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Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

CVE-2018-6170

Severity High
Score 8.8/10

Summary

A bad cast in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-704 - Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

The software does not correctly convert an object, resource, or structure from one type to a different type.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published