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CVE-2016-5185 (GCVE-0-2016-5185)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-18 03:34 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:53
VLAI
Summary
Blink in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android incorrectly allowed reentrance of FrameView::updateLifecyclePhasesInternal(), which allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via crafted HTML pages.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • out of bounds memory read
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93528 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2067.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/10/sta… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://crbug.com/621360 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android Affected: Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android
Date Public
2016-12-17 00:00
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