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Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2016-1644 Use-after-free in Blink

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Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2016-1644 Use-after-free in Blink

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/21/2016
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

WebKit/Source/core/layout/LayoutObject.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.87, does not properly restrict relayout scheduling, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted HTML document.

Solution(s)

  • google-chrome-upgrade-latest

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