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CVE-2016-1699
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-06-05T23:59:29.430 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:42:27.157

Summary

WebKit/Source/devtools/front_end/devtools.js in the Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.79, does not ensure that the remoteFrontendUrl parameter is associated with a chrome-devtools-frontend.appspot.com URL, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted URL.

Affected products

canonical — ubuntu_linux

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References

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