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CVE-2016-5142
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-08-07T19:59:06.533 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:48:50.107

Summary

The Web Cryptography API (aka WebCrypto) implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.116, does not properly copy data buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code, related to NormalizeAlgorithm.cpp and SubtleCrypto.cpp.

Affected products

google — chrome

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References

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