CVE-2016-2844
WebKit/Source/core/layout/LayoutBlock.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75, does not properly determine when anonymous block wrappers may exist, which allows remote attackers to
02 Description
WebKit/Source/core/layout/LayoutBlock.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75, does not properly determine when anonymous block wrappers may exist, which allows remote attackers to
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-03-06 02:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 23:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-03-05
- Assigning CNA
- Chrome
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2b66f11a8a997c69e828e94092cc5acda68017ce54cf956928842d06cfe37e35
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.chromium.orghttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=546849
- www.securitytracker.com1035185http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035185
- www.securityfocus.com84170http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84170
- code.google.comhttps://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=591402
- codereview.chromium.orghttps://codereview.chromium.org/1423573002
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2920-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2920-1
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.comhttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update.html
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- chromium-browser Fixed in 49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1112
- oxide-qt Fixed in 1.13.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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