VDB
GHSA-g54g-mw8m-9fqx
GHSA-g54g-mw8m-9fqx
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2022
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.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Timeline
- May 17, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5142 advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KMX62M7UNRLWO4FEQ6YIMPMTKXXJV6A url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KMX62M7UNRLWO4FEQ6YIMPMTKXXJV6A url
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 url
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00006.html url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92276 url
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1580.html url
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3645 url
- https://codereview.chromium.org/2141843002 url
- https://crbug.com/626948 url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00005.html url
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036547 url