CVE-2016-5142

Publication date 7 August 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

The Web Cryptography API (aka WebCrypto) implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.116, does not properly copy data buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code, related to NormalizeAlgorithm.cpp and SubtleCrypto.cpp.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
chromium-browser	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu1.1307
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 52.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1250
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 52.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1134
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored
oxide-qt	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1.16.7-0ubuntu1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.17.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.17.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)