ubuntu-cve-2016-1687
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-06-05 23:59
Modified
2025-09-08 16:43
Summary
Details

The renderer implementation in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63 does not properly restrict public exposure of classes, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors related to extensions.

Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "The renderer implementation in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63 does not properly restrict public exposure of classes, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors related to extensions.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1687",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:43:36Z",
  "published": "2016-06-05T23:59:00Z",
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      "url": "http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html"
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  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-1687"
  ]
}



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