CVE-2016-5149

Description

The extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux relies on an IFRAME source URL to identify an associated extension, which allows remote attackers to conduct extension-bindings injection attacks by leveraging script access to a resource that initially has the about:blank URL.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.31% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00003.html vendor advisory
https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00004.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92717 vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036729 vdb entry
https://codereview.chromium.org/2208483002/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00073.html vendor advisory
https://crbug.com/573131
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3660 vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00008.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1854.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-5149?
CVE-2016-5149 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-5149?
To fix CVE-2016-5149, 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-2016-5149 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-5149 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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