The Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.116, mishandles the script-path hostname, remoteBase parameter, and remoteFrontendUrl parameter, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted URL, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5144.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade chromium-browser | Apr 3, 2017 | Aug 7, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade chromiumUpgrade chromium-npapiUpgrade chromium-pulse | Dec 10, 2025 | Sep 13, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade www-client/chromium. | Oct 30, 2017 | Aug 7, 2016 |
| Google Chrome | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Google Chrome | Aug 12, 2016 | Aug 3, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade chromium-browser-debuginfoUpgrade chromium-browser | Aug 9, 2016 | Aug 7, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade chromium-desktop-gnomeUpgrade chromium-desktop-kdeUpgrade chromium-ffmpegsumoUpgrade chromiumUpgrade chromedriver | Aug 22, 2016 | Aug 7, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade liboxideqtcore0 | Sep 15, 2016 | Aug 7, 2016 |
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