CVE-2016-5127 — Use After Free in Google Chrome

CWE-416 — Use After Free7 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
2.2%
top 15.62%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Google Chrome
Timeline
PublishedJul 23
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit/Source/core/editing/VisibleUnits.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code involving an @import at-rule in a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequence in conjunction with a rel=import attribute of a LINK element.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.6 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDgoogle/chrome51.0.2704.106

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-w277-rwwx-8qj3: Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit/Source/core/editing/VisibleUnits↗2022-05-17
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OSV
oxide-qt vulnerabilities↗2016-08-05
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OSV
CVE-2016-5127: Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit/Source/core/editing/VisibleUnits↗2016-07-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Oxide vulnerabilities↗2016-08-05
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Red Hat
chromium-browser: use-after-free in blink↗2016-07-20
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5127 chromium-browser: use-after-free in blink↗2016-07-21
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