CVE-2016-1676

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2016-05-25
Bugzilla:
1340009: CVE-2016-1676 chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in extension bindings

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

extensions/renderer/resources/binding.js in the extension bindings in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63 does not properly use prototypes, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via unspecified vectors.

Find out more about CVE-2016-1676 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (chromium-browser) RHSA-2016:1190 2016-06-01

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