CVE-2016-5142
Google Chrome Web Cryptography API Use-After-Free Buffer Copy Vulnerability
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 7, 2016, 7:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 2:53 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CVE-2016-5142 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Chrome http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92276 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00006.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1580.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://codereview.chromium.org/2141843002/ [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036547 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://crbug.com/626948 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00005.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3645 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KMX62M7UNRLWO4FEQ6YIMPMTKXXJV6A/ [No types assigned] Removed Reference Google Inc. https://crbug.com/626948 Removed Reference Google Inc. https://codereview.chromium.org/2141843002/ Removed Reference Google Inc. http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html Removed Reference Google Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4KMX62M7UNRLWO4FEQ6YIMPMTKXXJV6A/ Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036547 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92276 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00006.html Removed Reference Google Inc. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1580.html Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00005.html Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3645 Removed Reference Google Inc. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 -
CVE Source Update by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Source Google Inc. Chrome -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4KMX62M7UNRLWO4FEQ6YIMPMTKXXJV6A/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036547 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92276 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00006.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1580.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00005.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3645 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 10, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:52.0.2743.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://crbug.com/626948 No Types Assigned https://crbug.com/626948 Permissions Required Changed Reference Type https://codereview.chromium.org/2141843002/ No Types Assigned https://codereview.chromium.org/2141843002/ Patch Changed Reference Type http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html No Types Assigned http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html Release Notes Added CWE CWE-416 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 10, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-5142 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-5142
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.98 }} 0.06%
score
0.81367
percentile