High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 11, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-5161
CVE-2016-5161
Description
The EditingStyle::mergeStyle function in WebKit/Source/core/editing/EditingStyle.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux, mishandles custom properties, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted web site that leverages "type confusion" in the StylePropertySerializer class.
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Affected products
5- 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: < 53.0.2785.89-96.1
Patches
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References
13- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00003.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00004.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00008.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00073.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1854.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3660nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92717nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036729nvd
- zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-501/nvd
- codereview.chromium.org/2103043004nvd
- crbug.com/622420nvd
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09nvd
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