CVE-2016-5201

medium

Description

A leak of privateClass in the extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.100 for Linux, and 54.0.2840.99 for Windows, and 54.0.2840.98 for Mac allowed a remote attacker to access privileged JavaScript code via a crafted HTML page.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-16

https://crbug.com/660678

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037273

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94196

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2718.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-19

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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