Security Advisory
CVE-2016-5142
9.8
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Description
The Web Cryptography API (aka WebCrypto) implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.116, does not properly copy data buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code, related to NormalizeAlgorithm.cpp and SubtleCrypto.cpp.
Published Date
August 7, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory