High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 23, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-5127
CVE-2016-5127
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit/Source/core/editing/VisibleUnits.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code involving an @import at-rule in a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequence in conjunction with a rel=import attribute of a LINK element.
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Affected products
4- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/chromium&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/chromium&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2012
< 55.0.2883.75-3.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 55.0.2883.75-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.0.2743.82-89.1
Patches
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References
14- 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
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3041-1nvd
- codereview.chromium.org/2082893005/nvd
- codereview.chromium.org/2091633002nvd
- crbug.com/618237nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09nvd
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