chromium-browser: LayoutBlock.cpp in Blink does not properly determine when anonymous block wrappers may exist
Published Mar 6, 2016
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.12%
Description
WebKit/Source/core/layout/LayoutBlock.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75, does not properly determine when anonymous block wrappers may exist, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect cast and assertion failure) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:49.0.2623.75-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0359
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:49.0.2623.75-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0359 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.12% (0.02121) | 81.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.12% (0.02121) | 79.41th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.14% (0.02144) | 83.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.07% (0.01068) | 84.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 1.07% (0.01068) | 82.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 22, 2023 | 1.04% (0.01037) | 82.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00955) | 80.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84170 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035185 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2920-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2844 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=546849 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1315361 Issue Tracking
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=591402 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1423573002 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2844
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2844
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84170 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035185 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2920-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2844 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=546849 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1315361 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=591402 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://codereview.chromium.org/1423573002 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2844 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2844 |
Change history (0)
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