CVE-2016-5161 (GCVE-0-2016-5161)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-09-11 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:53
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Summary
The EditingStyle::mergeStyle function in WebKit/Source/core/editing/EditingStyle.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux, mishandles custom properties, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted web site that leverages "type confusion" in the StylePropertySerializer class.
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
Date Public
2016-08-31 00:00
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      "aggregate_severity": "Moderate",
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      "id": "CVE-2016-5161",
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      "product_status:fixed": "12",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
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      "title": "chromium-browser: type confusion in blink",
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      "cve": "CVE-2016-5161",
      "id": "CVE-2016-5161",
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      "product_status:recommended": "13",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2016-5161",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2016-5161.json",
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}



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