CVE-2016-5202

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-10-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-732

Description

browser/extensions/api/dial/dial_registry.cc in Google Chrome before 54.0.2840.98 on macOS, before 54.0.2840.99 on Windows, and before 54.0.2840.100 on Linux neglects to copy a device ID before an erase() call, which causes the erase operation to access data that that erase operation will destroy.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 54.0.2840.98; before 54.0.2840.99; before 54.0.2840.100 — fixed in 54.0.2840.100, 54.0.2840.98, 54.0.2840.99

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 54.0.2840.100, 54.0.2840.98, 54.0.2840.99. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-11/msg00029.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-5202
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-5202
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5202
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-11/msg00029.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-5202
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-5202
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5202

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