CVE-2016-7549

8.8 HIGH
Published: September 25, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.113 does not ensure that the recipient of a certain IPC message is a valid RenderFrame or RenderWidget, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging access to a renderer process, related to render_frame_host_impl.cc and render_widget_host_impl.cc, as demonstrated by a Password Manager message.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1905.html
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93160
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
https://codereview.chromium.org/1534933002
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
https://crbug.com/556351
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
https://crbug.com/646394
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1905.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93160
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://codereview.chromium.org/1534933002
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://crbug.com/556351
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://crbug.com/646394
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.1%
61th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

google