chromium-browser: use after free in blink
Published Sep 25, 2016
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.12%
Description
WebKit/Source/bindings/templates/interface.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.113, does not prevent certain constructor calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:53.0.2785.113-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1905
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:53.0.2785.113-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1905 |
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: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 | 1.12% (0.01118) | 64.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.10% (0.01102) | 61.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.06% (0.01056) | 76.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.29% (0.01291) | 86.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 13, 2024 | 1.29% (0.01291) | 85.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 1.19% (0.01190) | 83.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 29, 2023 | 1.00% (0.00999) | 81.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 17, 2023 | 0.94% (0.00939) | 80.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.84% (0.00839) | 79.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1905.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3667 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92942 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036826 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5171 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375864 Issue Tracking
- https://codereview.chromium.org/2306023002 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/643357 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5171
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5171
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1905.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3667 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92942 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036826 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5171 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375864 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://codereview.chromium.org/2306023002 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://crbug.com/643357 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5171 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5171 |
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