High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 13, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-1643
CVE-2016-1643
Description
The ImageInputType::ensurePrimaryContent function in WebKit/Source/core/html/forms/ImageInputType.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.87, does not properly maintain the user agent shadow DOM, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that leverage "type confusion."
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References
10- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update_8.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00066.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00067.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00073.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3513nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/84224nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1035259nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2920-1nvd
- code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detailnvd
- codereview.chromium.org/1732753004nvd
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