CVE-2016-5161

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-09-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-704

Description

The EditingStyle::mergeStyle function in WebKit/Source/core/editing/EditingStyle.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux, mishandles custom properties, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted web site that leverages "type confusion" in the StylePropertySerializer class.

Affected products

Google Chrome: through 52.0.2743.116
openSUSE Leap: 42.1

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00008.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00073.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1854.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3660
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92717
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036729
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-501/
https://codereview.chromium.org/2103043004
https://crbug.com/622420
https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html

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