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MEDIUM
CVE-2016-5207
Google Chrome Blink DOM Tree Corruption Remote Code Execution
Description

In Blink in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android, corruption of the DOM tree could occur during the removal of a full screen element, which allowed a remote attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution via a crafted HTML page.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 19, 2017, 5:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:33 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-5207 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-5207 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Google chrome
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 1 year, 8 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 11, 2023, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 1042 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
13 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : May 25, 2020, 7:51 a.m. This repo has been linked 1027 different CVEs too.

None

HTML AngelScript Python JavaScript PHP Java Shell

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Oct. 20, 2018, 1:50 p.m. This repo has been linked 37 different CVEs too.

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HTML JavaScript Shell Python PHP Java ActionScript

Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago
684 stars 86 fork 86 watcher
Born at : Oct. 27, 2017, 5:32 p.m. This repo has been linked 37 different CVEs too.

✍️ A curated list of CVE PoCs.

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Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago
3289 stars 678 fork 678 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2017, 6:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 1042 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-5207 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-5207 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • 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]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Chrome http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://crbug.com/655904 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://crbug.com/655904
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 23, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://crbug.com/655904 No Types Assigned https://crbug.com/655904 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html No Types Assigned https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:54.0.2840.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.98 }} 0.13%

score

0.81683

percentile

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