CVE-2016-2844

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
WebKit/Source/core/layout/LayoutBlock.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75, does not properly determine when anonymous block wrappers may exist, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect cast and assertion failure) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-2844
  • Assigner
  • cve-coordination@google.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-03-06T02:59:14
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-12-03T03:26:06
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 48.0.2564.116
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=546849
https://codereview.chromium.org/1423573002
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=591402
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84170
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035185
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2920-1
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2844
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2844
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:01:08 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 08:33:20 security@google.com cve-coordination@google.com CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-02 08:33:20 2016-03-06T02:59Z 2016-03-06T02:59:14 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 08:33:20 2016-12-03T03:26:06 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 08:33:20 Modified Vulnerability Status updated