CVE-2016-5215
published 2017-01-19CVE-2016-5215: A use after free in webaudio in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed a remote attacker to…
PriorityP428medium6.3CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCLILAL
EPSS
0.98%
58.7th percentile
A use after free in webaudio in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.
Affected
1 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| chrome | <= 54.0.2840.99 | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.06.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv6.3MEDIUM
vendor_redhat6.3MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu6.1MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
Oxide vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2016-12-09·CVSS 6.1
CVE-2016-5204 [MEDIUM] Oxide vulnerabilities
Title: Oxide vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Oxide.
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Chromium. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks,
read uninitialized memory, obtain sensitive information, spoof the
webview URL, bypass same origin restrictions, cause a denial of service
via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5204,
CVE-2016-5205, CVE-2016-5207, CVE-2016-5208, CVE-2016-5209, CVE-2016-5212,
CVE-2016-5215, CVE-2016-5222, CVE-2016-5224, CVE-2016-5225, CVE-2016-5226,
CVE-2016-9650, CVE-2016-9652)
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in V8. If a user were tricked in
to opening a specially crafted website, an a
Red Hat
chromium-browser: use after free in webaudio
vendor_redhat·2016-12-01·CVSS 6.3
CVE-2016-5215 [MEDIUM] chromium-browser: use after free in webaudio
chromium-browser: use after free in webaudio
A use after free in webaudio in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.
VulDB
Google Chrome up to 55 on Android WebAudio use after free (USN-3153-1 / Nessus ID 95661)
vuldb·2026-05-14·CVSS 6.3
CVE-2016-5215 [MEDIUM] Google Chrome up to 55 on Android WebAudio use after free (USN-3153-1 / Nessus ID 95661)
A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Google Chrome up to 55 on Android. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component WebAudio. This manipulation causes use after free.
This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-5215. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.
It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.
GHSA
GHSA-7hh3-hqp8-g339: A use after free in webaudio in Google Chrome prior to 55
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2016-5215 [MEDIUM] CWE-416 GHSA-7hh3-hqp8-g339: A use after free in webaudio in Google Chrome prior to 55
A use after free in webaudio in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.
OSV
oxide-qt vulnerabilities
osv·2016-12-09·CVSS 6.1
CVE-2016-5204 [MEDIUM] oxide-qt vulnerabilities
oxide-qt vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Chromium. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks,
read uninitialized memory, obtain sensitive information, spoof the
webview URL, bypass same origin restrictions, cause a denial of service
via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5204,
CVE-2016-5205, CVE-2016-5207, CVE-2016-5208, CVE-2016-5209, CVE-2016-5212,
CVE-2016-5215, CVE-2016-5222, CVE-2016-5224, CVE-2016-5225, CVE-2016-5226,
CVE-2016-9650, CVE-2016-9652)
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in V8. If a user were tricked in
to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially
exploit these to obtain sensitive
OSV
CVE-2016-5215: A use after free in webaudio in Google Chrome prior to 55
osv·2016-12-06·CVSS 6.3
CVE-2016-5215 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-5215: A use after free in webaudio in Google Chrome prior to 55
A use after free in webaudio in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2016-12-02·CVSS 8.8
[HIGH] chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]
chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions of Fedora. While only
one tracking bug has b
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5215 chromium-browser: use after free in webaudio
bugzilla·2016-12-02·CVSS 6.3
CVE-2016-5215 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-5215 chromium-browser: use after free in webaudio
CVE-2016-5215 chromium-browser: use after free in webaudio
An use after free flaw was found in the Webaudio component of the Chromium browser.
Upstream bug(s):
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=619463
External References:
https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Discussion:
Created chromium tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1400883]
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This issue has been addressed in the following products:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
Via RHSA-2016:2919 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlhttps://crbug.com/619463https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlhttps://crbug.com/619463https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11
2017-01-19
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