Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published Oct 25, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-5202

Description

browser/extensions/api/dial/dial_registry.cc in Google Chrome before 54.0.2840.98 on macOS, before 54.0.2840.99 on Windows, and before 54.0.2840.100 on Linux neglects to copy a device ID before an erase() call, which causes the erase operation to access data that that erase operation will destroy.

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Affected products

Google/Chromellm-fuzzy
Range: before 54.0.2840.98 (macOS), before 54.0.2840.99 (Windows), before 54.0.2840.100 (Linux)
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/opensuse/chromium&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
Range: < 55.0.2883.75-3.1
chromium-browser/chromium-browserv5
Range: before 54.0.2840.100

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References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-11/msg00029.htmlnvd
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvd
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5202nvd

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