CVE-2016-5165 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2016-5165?

CVE-2016-5165 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting 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

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the settings parameter in a chrome-devtools-frontend.appspot.com URL's query string.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5165?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Google Chrome, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5165?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2016-5165 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5165 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-2rw9-q6xx-mmw5, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5165.