CVE-2016-5149
The extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux relies on an IFRAME source URL to identify an associated extension, which allows
02 Description
The extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux relies on an IFRAME source URL to identify an associated extension, which allows
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
- 1.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 71.2% 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
- Important. 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
- 2016-09-11 10:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 00:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-05-31
- Assigning CNA
- Chrome
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5d16142f0c2b48b94a9848b01bd0e734606af742a80325aaaf3cae10f3216fc9
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2250http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00003.html
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.comhttps://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2251http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00004.html
- www.securityfocus.com92717http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92717
- www.securitytracker.com1036729http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036729
- codereview.chromium.orghttps://codereview.chromium.org/2208483002/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2349http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00073.html
- crbug.comhttps://crbug.com/573131
- www.debian.orgDSA-3660http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3660
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201610-09https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2296http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00008.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1854http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1854.html
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- chromium-browser Fixed in 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1142
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- chromium-browser Fixed in 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1254
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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