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Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2016-5147 Universal XSS in Blink

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Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2016-5147 Universal XSS in Blink

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
09/11/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/15/2016
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux, mishandles deferred page loads, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted web site, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."

Solution(s)

  • google-chrome-upgrade-latest

References

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