CVE-2016-1643 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2016-1643?

CVE-2016-1643 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 13 Mar 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The ImageInputType::ensurePrimaryContent function in WebKit/Source/core/html/forms/ImageInputType.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.87, does not properly maintain the user agent shadow DOM, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that leverage "type confusion."

Weakness: CWE-361

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1643?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1643?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2016-1643 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1643 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-v435-cx7h-xxqw, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1643.