CVE-2016-2844 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2016-2844?

CVE-2016-2844 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 6 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

WebKit/Source/core/layout/LayoutBlock.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75, does not properly determine when anonymous block wrappers may exist, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect cast and assertion failure) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2844?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2844?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2016-2844 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2844 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-j255-897q-8gw6, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2844.