Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 1, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2016-8508

Description

Yandex Browser for desktop before 17.1.1.227 does not show Protect (similar to Safebrowsing in Chromium) warnings in web-sites with special content-type, which could be used by remote attacker for prevention Protect warning on own malicious web-site.

Affected products

Yandex/Yandex.browser
cpe:2.3:a:yandex:yandex_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <17.1.1.227
Yandex N.V./Yandex Browser for desktopv5
Range: before 17.1.1.227 for OSx and Windows

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/96514nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
yandex.com/blog/security-changelogs/fixed-in-version-17-1nvdVendor Advisory

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