CVE-2016-5142: Use After Free
First published: Sun Aug 07 2016(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve-coordination@google.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Google Chrome | <=52.0.2743.82 |
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Reference Links
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00006.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1580.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3645
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92276
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036547
- https://codereview.chromium.org/2141843002/
- https://crbug.com/626948
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KMX62M7UNRLWO4FEQ6YIMPMTKXXJV6A/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KMX62M7UNRLWO4FEQ6YIMPMTKXXJV6A/
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