CVE-2016-1698

medium

Description

The createCustomType function in extensions/renderer/resources/binding.js in the extension bindings in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.79 does not validate module types, which might allow attackers to load arbitrary modules or obtain sensitive information by leveraging a poisoned definition.

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/06/stable-channel-update.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00003.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00004.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3594

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036026

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1201

https://codereview.chromium.org/1912783002

https://crbug.com/603725

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2016-06-05

Updated: 2018-10-30

Type: CWE-200

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

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

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 2.8

Severity: MEDIUM