CVE-2016-5164

Publication date 2 September 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebKit/Source/platform/v8_inspector/V8Debugger.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into the Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem via a crafted web site, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."

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 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1254
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1142
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored
oxide-qt	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1.17.7-0ubuntu1
	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	6.1 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)