chromium-browser: Use-after-free in Blink
Published Aug 7, 2016
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.66%
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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:52.0.2743.116-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1580
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:52.0.2743.116-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1580 |
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:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.66% (0.01662) | 75.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.60% (0.01602) | 72.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.89% (0.01889) | 81.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.44% (0.03438) | 78.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.36% (0.01359) | 78.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.98% (0.00983) | 84.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 15, 2024 | 0.98% (0.00983) | 83.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 11, 2023 | 0.98% (0.00983) | 81.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 29, 2023 | 0.92% (0.00923) | 80.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.83% (0.00825) | 79.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (16)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1580.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3645 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92276 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036547 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5142 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1363981 Issue Tracking
- https://codereview.chromium.org/2141843002/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/626948 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KMX62M7UNRLWO4FEQ6YIMPMTKXXJV6A/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5142
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5142
Change history (0)
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