CVE-2016-5174
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| chrome | {"endIncluding":"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
- 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
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.