PT-2016-1347 · Google+4 · Google Chrome+4

Rob Wu · Published 2016-03-02 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-1635

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 49.0.2623.75 Opera versions prior to 49.0.2623.75

Description The issue is related to the handling of OnDocumentElementCreated in the extensions/renderer/render frame observer natives.cc file, which does not properly consider object lifetimes and re-entrancy issues. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors. The vulnerability is also described as a use-after-free issue, which may be exploited by a remote attacker to disrupt service or have other unspecified effects.

Recommendations For Google Chrome versions prior to 49.0.2623.75, update to version 49.0.2623.75 or later to resolve the issue. For Opera versions prior to 49.0.2623.75, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue, as the exact version is not specified. At the moment, there is no information about additional mitigation measures for this vulnerability.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1283

BDU:2016-00646

CVE-2016-1635

DSA-3507-1

MGASA-2016-0127

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_0664-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_0684-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_0729-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

RHSA-2016:0359

RHSA-2016_0359

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Google Chrome

Opera

Red Hat

Suse

References · 2363

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00014.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00018.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00015.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1635 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1635 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1635 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0127.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3507-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3507 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00646 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0127 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00028.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1635 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09 · Vendor Advisory