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CVE-2016-1643

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-03-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-361

Description

The ImageInputType::ensurePrimaryContent function in WebKit/Source/core/html/forms/ImageInputType.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.87, does not properly maintain the user agent shadow DOM, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that leverage "type confusion."

Affected products

• Google Chrome: through 49.0.2623.75

References

• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update_8.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00066.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00067.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00073.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3513
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84224
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035259
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2920-1
• https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=589838
• https://codereview.chromium.org/1732753004
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update_8.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00066.html

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