PT-2016-1353 · Google+5 · Google Chrome+5

Pkotwicz · Published 2016-03-02 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-1641

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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 a use-after-free vulnerability in the content/browser/web contents/web contents impl.cc component. This vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other unspecified impacts. The exploitation is triggered by initiating an image download after a certain data structure is deleted, as demonstrated by a favicon.ico download.

Recommendations For Google Chrome versions prior to 49.0.2623.75, update to version 49.0.2623.75 or later. 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. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting image downloads in the affected component until a patch is available.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1283

BDU:2016-00652

CVE-2016-1641

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

USN-2920-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Google Chrome

Opera

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 2378

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2844 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00014.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1644 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1643 · 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
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1633 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1634 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1641 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00015.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1636 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1641 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1641 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0127.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3507-1 · Vendor Advisory