Vulnerability Details : CVE-2016-7549
Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.113 does not ensure that the recipient of a certain IPC message is a valid RenderFrame or RenderWidget, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging access to a renderer process, related to render_frame_host_impl.cc and render_widget_host_impl.cc, as demonstrated by a Password Manager message.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2016-7549
- cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-7549
1.39%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 86 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2016-7549
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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6.8
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
8.6
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6.4
|
NIST | |
8.8
|
HIGH | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
2.8
|
5.9
|
NIST |
References for CVE-2016-7549
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https://codereview.chromium.org/1534933002
Issue 1534933002: Don't process messages sent to dead routing ids. - Code ReviewIssue Tracking
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1905.html
RHSA-2016:1905 - Security Advisory - Red Hat Customer Portal
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https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html
Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for DesktopVendor Advisory
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https://crbug.com/646394
646394 - Tracking bug for internal fixes: Chrome M53, release 2 - chromium - MonorailIssue Tracking
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https://crbug.com/556351
556351 - Crash in password_manager::ContentPasswordManagerDriver::OnPasswordFormsParsed - chromium - MonorailIssue Tracking
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93160
Google Chrome CVE-2016-7549 Multiple Denial of Service VulnerabilitiesThird Party Advisory
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