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CVE-2016-5171

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-09-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

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

• Google Chrome: through 53.0.2785.101

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1905.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3667
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92942
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036826
• https://codereview.chromium.org/2306023002
• https://crbug.com/643357
• https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1905.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3667
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92942
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036826

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