CVE-2016-5171

Description

WebKit/Source/bindings/templates/interface.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.113, does not prevent certain constructor calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09

https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html

https://crbug.com/643357

https://codereview.chromium.org/2306023002

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036826

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92942

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3667

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1905.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3