CVE-2016-5127 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2016-5127?

CVE-2016-5127 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 23 Jul 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

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit/Source/core/editing/VisibleUnits.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code involving an @import at-rule in a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequence in conjunction with a rel=import attribute of a LINK element.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5127?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5127?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2016-5127 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5127 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-w277-rwwx-8qj3, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5127.