CVE-2016-5170
N/A
Published: September 25, 2016 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:48 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorChrome
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
WebKit/Source/bindings/modules/v8/V8BindingForModules.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.113, does not properly consider getter side effects during array key conversion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted Indexed Database (aka IndexedDB) API calls.
Remediation
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References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1905.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3667x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416
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