CVE-2016-5142 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2016-5142 PUBLISHED

The Web Cryptography API (aka WebCrypto) implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.116, does not properly copy data buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code, related to NormalizeAlgorithm.cpp and SubtleCrypto.cpp.

EPSS 2.84% · 86.1th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

2.84%

86.1th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	chromium-browser	0, 29.0.1547.65-0ubuntu2, 31.0.1650.63-0ubuntu1~20131204.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	chromium-browser	45.0.2454.101-0ubuntu1.1201, 51.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1242, 50.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1237
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	oxide-qt	1.16.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 0, 1.9.5-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	oxide-qt	1.12.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 1.12.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 1.12.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Timeline

Aug 4, 2016 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5142 third-party-advisory
https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3058-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5142 third-party-advisory

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