High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 25, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-5170
CVE-2016-5170
Description
WebKit/Source/bindings/modules/v8/V8BindingForModules.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.113, does not properly consider getter side effects during array key conversion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted Indexed Database (aka IndexedDB) API calls.
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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: < 53.0.2785.113-100.1
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References
8- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1905.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3667nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92942nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036826nvd
- codereview.chromium.org/2332003002nvd
- crbug.com/641101nvd
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09nvd
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