CVE-2016-1655

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

CWE-416: Use After Free

Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.75 does not properly consider that frame removal may occur during callback execution, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted extension.

CWE-416: Use After Free

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 8 years ago

2016-04-18 10:59:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:27:00

Affected Software

Debian Linux 8.0 (Jessie)

8.0

openSUSE Leap 42.1

42.1

SUSE Linux Enterprise 12.0

12.0

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

14.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10

15.10

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

16.04

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_13.html

Vendor Advisory

SUSE-SU-2016:1060

Third Party Advisory

openSUSE-SU-2016:1061

Third Party Advisory

openSUSE-SU-2016:1135

openSUSE-SU-2016:1136

RHSA-2016:0638

DSA-3549

Third Party Advisory

USN-2955-1

Third Party Advisory

https://codereview.chromium.org/1642283002

Issue Tracking

https://crbug.com/582008

Permissions Required

GLSA-201605-02

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