CVE-2016-5174

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% 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-20

Description

browser/ui/cocoa/browser_window_controller_private.mm in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.113 does not process fullscreen toggle requests during a fullscreen transition, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (unsuppressed popup) via a crafted web site.

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/2053343003
https://crbug.com/579934
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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