CVE-2016-1698 (GCVE-0-2016-1698)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-06-05 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:02
VLAI
Summary
The createCustomType function in extensions/renderer/resources/binding.js in the extension bindings in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.79 does not validate module types, which might allow attackers to load arbitrary modules or obtain sensitive information by leveraging a poisoned definition.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
Chrome CNA under the Google root
CNA scorecard E 43/100 over 3023 records in the last 180 days details
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
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https://codereview.chromium.org/1912783002 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3594 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://crbug.com/603725 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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