High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 23, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-1708
CVE-2016-1708
Description
The Chrome Web Store inline-installation implementation in the Extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82 does not properly consider object lifetimes during progress observation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted web site.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
11- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/07/stable-channel-update.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00020.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00021.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00022.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00028.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1485.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3637nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92053nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036428nvd
- codereview.chromium.org/2103663002nvd
- crbug.com/613949nvd
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