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CVE-2016-1706 Details

Description

The PPAPI implementation in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82 does not validate the origin of IPC messages to the plugin broker process that should have come from the browser process, which allows remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via an unexpected message type, related to broker_process_dispatcher.cc, ppapi_plugin_process_host.cc, ppapi_thread.cc, and render_frame_message_filter.cc.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.6 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/07/stable-channel-update.html CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00020.html CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00021.html CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00022.html CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00028.html CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
google chrome
<= 51.0.2704.106

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-1706
NVD Published Date:
Jul 23, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-1706 Details - Not Deferred