CVE-2016-5171
WebKit/Source/bindings/templates/interface.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.113, does not prevent certain constructor calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
02 Description
WebKit/Source/bindings/templates/interface.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.113, does not prevent certain constructor calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
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
- 1.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 65.8% 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
- 2016-09-25 20:00Z10 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-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 98d84034094812a4dd3d00243526ea59c7067adbfc7c8ce741342f3638ae411d
05 Affected products
06 References
- crbug.comhttps://crbug.com/643357
- www.debian.orgDSA-3667http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3667
- www.securitytracker.com1036826http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036826
- www.securityfocus.com92942http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92942
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.comhttps://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html
- codereview.chromium.orghttps://codereview.chromium.org/2306023002
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201610-09https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1905http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1905.html
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- chromium-browser Fixed in 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1142
- oxide-qt Fixed in 1.17.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
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
- oxide-qt Fixed in 1.17.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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