CVE-2016-1637 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Google Chrome

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure8 documents6 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
1.1%
top 22.42%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Google Chrome
Timeline
PublishedMar 6
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The SkATan2_255 function in effects/gradients/SkSweepGradient.cpp in Skia, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75, mishandles arctangent calculations, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted web site.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDgoogle/chrome48.0.2564.116

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-ph2v-xqxg-m4w5: The SkATan2_255 function in effects/gradients/SkSweepGradient↗2022-05-17
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OSV
oxide-qt vulnerabilities↗2016-03-10
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OSV
CVE-2016-1637: The SkATan2_255 function in effects/gradients/SkSweepGradient↗2016-03-05
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Oxide vulnerabilities↗2016-03-10
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Red Hat
chromium-browser: information leak in Skia↗2016-03-02
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1637 chromium-browser: information leak in Skia↗2016-03-03
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Bugzilla
pcre: Heap buffer overflow in pcretest causing infinite loop (8.39/15)↗2016-02-29
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