CVE-2016-8508

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-03-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-254

Description

Yandex Browser for desktop before 17.1.1.227 does not show Protect (similar to Safebrowsing in Chromium) warnings in web-sites with special content-type, which could be used by remote attacker for prevention Protect warning on own malicious web-site.

Affected products

Yandex N.V. Yandex Browser for desktop: before 17.1.1.227 — fixed in 17.1.1.227

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Yandex N.V. Yandex Browser for desktop 17.1.1.227. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96514
https://yandex.com/blog/security-changelogs/fixed-in-version-17-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96514
https://yandex.com/blog/security-changelogs/fixed-in-version-17-1

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