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CVE-2016-5161
The EditingStyle::mergeStyle function in WebKit/Source/core/editing/EditingStyle.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before…
High8.8EPSS 1.4%
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- Updated
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- Chrome
Description
The EditingStyle::mergeStyle function in WebKit/Source/core/editing/EditingStyle.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux, mishandles custom properties, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted web site that leverages "type confusion" in the StylePropertySerializer class.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 28% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (13)
- openSUSE-SU-2016:2250 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://codereview.chromium.org/2103043004 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2251 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 92717 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1036729 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-501/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://crbug.com/622420 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:2349 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-3660 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- GLSA-201610-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:2296 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1854 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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