PT-2016-3023 · Kronos+6 · Libglesv2+7

Published 2016-12-01 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-5221

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux Google Chrome versions prior to 55.0.2883.84 for Android

Description The issue is caused by type confusion in the libGLESv2 component of the ANGLE browser in Google Chrome. This could allow a remote attacker to bypass buffer validation using a specially crafted HTML page. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not specified. There is no information about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For Google Chrome versions prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, update to version 55.0.2883.75 or later. For Google Chrome versions prior to 55.0.2883.84 for Android, update to version 55.0.2883.84 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to crafted HTML pages until a patch is available.

Fix

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2425

BDU:2017-00107

CVE-2016-5221

DSA-3731-1

MGASA-2016-0419

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_3108-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:0563-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1

RHSA-2016:2919

RHSA-2016_2919

USN-3153-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Angle

Google Chrome

Opera

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

Libglesv2

References · 758

• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3153-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2017:0563-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5205 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5221 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5221 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5204 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5207 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5225 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9652 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5222 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5221 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5213 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9650 · Vendor Advisory