Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebKit/Source/platform/v8_inspector/V8Debugger.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into the Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem via a crafted web site, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."
Published: 2016-09-11
Score: 6.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3660-1 chromium-browser security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-6115 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebKit/Source/platform/v8_inspector/V8Debugger.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into the Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem via a crafted web site, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3058-1 Oxide vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00529}

epss

{'score': 0.00483}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:53:48.475Z

Reserved: 2016-05-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5164

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-09-11T10:59:20.850

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-5164

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-08-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5164 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses