Description
Type confusion in libGLESv2 in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android possibly allowed a remote attacker to bypass buffer validation via a crafted HTML page.
Published: 2017-01-19
Score: 6.3 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-3731-1 chromium-browser security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-6172 Type confusion in libGLESv2 in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android possibly allowed a remote attacker to bypass buffer validation via a crafted HTML page.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3153-1 Oxide vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:53:48.613Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-5221

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-19T05:59:00.963

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

Link: CVE-2016-5221

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5221 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses