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CVE-2016-5173

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% 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-284

Description

The extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.113 does not properly restrict access to Object.prototype, which allows remote attackers to load unintended resources, and consequently trigger unintended JavaScript function calls and bypass the Same Origin Policy via an indirect interception attack.

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/1840453002
• https://crbug.com/468931
• https://crbug.com/471523
• https://crbug.com/497507
• 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

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