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FKIE_CVE-2016-1641

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-03-06 02:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:42
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in content/browser/web_contents/web_contents_impl.cc in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering an image download after a certain data structure is deleted, as demonstrated by a favicon.ico download.
References
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00014.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00015.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00018.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00028.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3507
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84008
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035185
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2920-1
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=583718
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://codereview.chromium.org/1730363003
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00014.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00015.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00018.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00028.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3507
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84008
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035185
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2920-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=583718
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://codereview.chromium.org/1730363003
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
google chrome *

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      "value": "Vulnerabilidad de uso despu\u00e9s de liberaci\u00f3n de memoria en content/browser/web_contents/web_contents_impl.cc en Google Chrome en versiones anteriores a 49.0.2623.75 permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio o posiblemente tener otro impacto no especificado desencadenando una descarga de imagen despu\u00e9s de que cierta estructura de datos sea borrada, seg\u00fan lo demostrado por una descarga de favicon.ico."
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