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title: "CVE-2016-2845\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2016-2845

Publication date 5 March 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**5.3 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2845?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

The Content Security Policy (CSP) implementation in Blink, as used in
Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75, does not ignore a URL's path component
in the case of a ServiceWorker fetch, which allows remote attackers to
obtain sensitive information about visited web pages by reading CSP
violation reports, related to FrameFetchContext.cpp and
ResourceFetcher.cpp.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| chromium-browser | 15.10 wily | Fixed 49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu0.15.10.1.1222 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1112 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored |
| oxide-qt | 15.10 wily | Fixed 1.13.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.13.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

5.3 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | Low |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 5.3 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2845)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2845)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-2845)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2845)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2920-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2920-1)
+ Oxide vulnerabilities
+ 10 March 2016

### Other references

* <https://codereview.chromium.org/1454003003/>
* <https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=591402>
* <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=542060>
* <http://homakov.blogspot.com/2014/01/using-content-security-policy-for-evil.html>
* <http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2845>