CVE-2016-5168 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Skia, as used in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.94, allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information.

Published: 2017-04-21

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 9.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6119	Skia, as used in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.94, allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.09634.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89106
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=586820
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_28.html
https://www.contextis.com//documents/2/Browser_Timing_Attacks.pdf

History

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Subscriptions

Google Chrome

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2017-04-21T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:53:48.313Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-5168

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-21T20:59:00.807

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-5168

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-346

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