Description
The Web Cryptography API (aka WebCrypto) implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.116, does not properly copy data buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code, related to NormalizeAlgorithm.cpp and SubtleCrypto.cpp.
Published: 2016-08-07
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 1.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3645-1 chromium-browser security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-6093 The Web Cryptography API (aka WebCrypto) implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.116, does not properly copy data buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code, related to NormalizeAlgorithm.cpp and SubtleCrypto.cpp.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3058-1 Oxide vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:53:47.399Z

Reserved: 2016-05-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5142

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-08-07T19:59:06.533

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:48:50.107

Link: CVE-2016-5142

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-08-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5142 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses