CVE-2016-5161 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2016-5161?

CVE-2016-5161 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 11 Sep 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 EditingStyle::mergeStyle function in WebKit/Source/core/editing/EditingStyle.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux, mishandles custom properties, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted web site that leverages "type confusion" in the StylePropertySerializer class.

Weakness: CWE-704

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5161?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Google Chrome, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5161?

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-2016-5161 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5161 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-9fvw-rxr2-xxw3, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5161.