CVE-2016-5143

Description

The Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.116, mishandles the script-path hostname, remoteBase parameter, and remoteFrontendUrl parameter, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted URL, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5144.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.27% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://codereview.chromium.org/2065823004
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92276 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00006.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1580.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036547 vdb entry
https://crbug.com/619414
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 vendor advisory
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00005.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3645 vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KMX62M7UNRLWO4FEQ6YIMPMTKXXJV6A/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-5143?
CVE-2016-5143 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-5143?
To fix CVE-2016-5143, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-5143 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-5143 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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