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CVE-2016-1701 (GCVE-0-2016-1701)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-06-05 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:02
VLAI
Summary
The Autofill implementation in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.79 mishandles the interaction between field updates and JavaScript code that triggers a frame deletion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted web site, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1690.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1201 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036026 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3594 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://codereview.chromium.org/1960023002 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Date Public
2016-06-01 00:00
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