VYPR
Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 5, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-1698

CVE-2016-1698

Description

The createCustomType function in extensions/renderer/resources/binding.js in the extension bindings in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.79 does not validate module types, which might allow attackers to load arbitrary modules or obtain sensitive information by leveraging a poisoned definition.

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