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CVE-2016-5175 (GCVE-0-2016-5175)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-09-25 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:53
VLAI
Summary
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.113 allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://crbug.com/646394 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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Date Public
2016-09-13 00:00
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