CVE-2016-5208 (GCVE-0-2016-5208)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-19 05:43 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:53
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Blink in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Linux and Windows, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed possible corruption of the DOM tree during synchronous event handling, which allowed a remote attacker to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML (UXSS) via a crafted HTML page.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CWE
- object corruption
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/sta… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://crbug.com/658535 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Linux and Windows, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android |
Affected:
Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Linux and Windows, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android
|
Date Public
2016-12-01 00:00
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