Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 19, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-5201

Description

A leak of privateClass in the extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.100 for Linux, and 54.0.2840.99 for Windows, and 54.0.2840.98 for Mac allowed a remote attacker to access privileged JavaScript code via a crafted HTML page.

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Affected products

Google/Chrome2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=54.0.2840.87
- (no CPE)range: <54.0.2840.100 (Linux), <54.0.2840.99 (Windows), <54.0.2840.98 (Mac)
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/opensuse/chromium&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
Range: < 55.0.2883.75-3.1

Patches

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References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2718.htmlnvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94196nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037273nvd
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.htmlnvd
crbug.com/660678nvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-16nvd

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