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CVE-2016-1667

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

The TreeScope::adoptIfNeeded function in WebKit/Source/core/dom/TreeScope.cpp in the DOM implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102, does not prevent script execution during node-adoption operations, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted web site.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0
• Google Chrome: through 50.0.2661.87
• Opensuse: 13.1

References

• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00043.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00050.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00048.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1080.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90584
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035872
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2960-1
• https://codereview.chromium.org/1953323002/
• https://crbug.com/605766
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02

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