CVE-2016-5142
CRITICALGoogle Chrome < 52.0.2743.82 - Use-After-Free in Web Cryptography API
Title source: llmDescription
The Web Cryptography API (aka WebCrypto) implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.116, does not properly copy data buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code, related to NormalizeAlgorithm.cpp and SubtleCrypto.cpp.
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92276
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00006.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1580.html
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://codereview.chromium.org/2141843002/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036547
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://crbug.com/626948
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00005.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3645
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KMX62M7UNRLWO4FEQ6YIMPMTKXXJV6A/
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0166
EPSS Percentile
73.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-416
Status
published
Products (1)
google/chrome
< 52.0.2743.82
Published
Aug 07, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026