CVE-2016-5156 — Use After Free in Google Chrome

CWE-416 — Use After Free8 documents6 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
OSV7.5
EPSS
1.5%
top 18.59%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Google ChromeOpensuse Leap
Timeline
PublishedSep 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

extensions/renderer/event_bindings.cc in the event bindings in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux attempts to process filtered events after failure to add an event matcher, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDgoogle/chrome52.0.2743.116
▶NVDopensuse/leap42.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-c4wc-cqvh-5hgr: extensions/renderer/event_bindings↗2022-05-14
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OSV
oxide-qt vulnerabilities↗2016-09-14
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OSV
CVE-2016-5156: extensions/renderer/event_bindings↗2016-09-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Oxide vulnerabilities↗2016-09-14
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Red Hat
chromium-browser: use after free in event bindings↗2016-08-31
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5156 chromium-browser: use after free in event bindings↗2016-09-01
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Bugzilla
chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-09-01
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