cve-2016-5217
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-01-19 05:43
Modified
2024-08-06 00:53
Severity ?
Summary
The extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android incorrectly permitted access to privileged plugins, which allowed a remote attacker to bypass site isolation via a crafted HTML page.
References
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://crbug.com/654280
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://crbug.com/654280
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11
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