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CVE-2016-1706in critical feed

The PPAPI implementation in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82 does not validate the origin of IPC messages to the plugin broker process tha…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.6
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.2%
percentile 82%
Public exploits
0
none known

The PPAPI implementation in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82 does not validate the origin of IPC messages to the plugin broker process that should have come from the browser process, which allows remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via an unexpected message type, related to broker_process_dispatcher.cc, ppapi_plugin_process_host.cc, ppapi_thread.cc, and render_frame_message_filter.cc.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.18% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.09.6CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.09.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Technology feeds
Google Chrome (RSS, critical only)

References

  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00021.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00022.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • googlechromereleases.blogspot.com /2016/07/stable-channel-update.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • ubuntu.com /usn/USN-3041-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00028.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • crbug.com /610600 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • codereview.chromium.org /2069853002/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00020.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016-1485.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1036428 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2016/dsa-3637 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred

Sources

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