CVE-2016-5161

Description (CNA)

The EditingStyle::mergeStyle function in WebKit/Source/core/editing/EditingStyle.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux, mishandles custom properties, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted web site that leverages "type confusion" in the StylePropertySerializer class.

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00003.html
• https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
• https://codereview.chromium.org/2103043004
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00004.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92717
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036729
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-501/
• https://crbug.com/622420
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00073.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3660
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00008.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1854.html

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