CVE-2016-5171 (GCVE-0-2016-5171)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-09-25 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:53
VLAI
Summary
WebKit/Source/bindings/templates/interface.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.113, does not prevent certain constructor calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.
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
URL Tags
https://crbug.com/643357 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3667 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036826 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92942 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/09… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://codereview.chromium.org/2306023002 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1905.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Date Public
2016-09-13 00:00
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