CVE-2016-5201 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Google Chrome

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure6 documents5 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 33.16%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Google Chrome
Timeline
PublishedJan 19
Latest updateMay 14

Description

A leak of privateClass in the extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.100 for Linux, and 54.0.2840.99 for Windows, and 54.0.2840.98 for Mac allowed a remote attacker to access privileged JavaScript code via a crafted HTML page.

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/chrome54.0.2840.87

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-6jw7-vq8x-9cjf: A leak of privateClass in the extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 54↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2016-5201: A leak of privateClass in the extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 54↗2017-01-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
chromium-browser: info leak in extensions↗2016-11-09
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5201 chromium-browser: info leak in extensions↗2016-11-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5199 CVE-2016-5200 CVE-2016-5201 CVE-2016-5202 chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-11-10
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