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CVE-2016-5672 Details

Description

Intel Crosswalk before 19.49.514.5, 20.x before 20.50.533.11, 21.x before 21.51.546.0, and 22.x before 22.51.549.0 interprets a user's acceptance of one invalid X.509 certificate to mean that all invalid X.509 certificates should be accepted without prompting, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.1 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138107/Intel-Crosswalk-Project-Man-In-The-Middle.html	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://blogs.intel.com/evangelists/2016/07/28/crosswalk-security-vulnerability/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://crosswalk-project.org/jira/browse/XWALK-6986	CVE	Permissions RequiredTechnical Description
https://lists.crosswalk-project.org/pipermail/crosswalk-help/2016-July/002167.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/07/29/advisory-intel-crosswalk-ssl-prompt-issue	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/217871	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539051/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92199	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138107/Intel-Crosswalk-Project-Man-In-The-Middle.html	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://blogs.intel.com/evangelists/2016/07/28/crosswalk-security-vulnerability/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://crosswalk-project.org/jira/browse/XWALK-6986	[email protected]	Permissions RequiredTechnical Description
https://lists.crosswalk-project.org/pipermail/crosswalk-help/2016-July/002167.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/07/29/advisory-intel-crosswalk-ssl-prompt-issue	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/217871	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539051/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92199	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 16 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]
CWE-310	Cryptographic Issues	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
intel crosswalk	<= 19.49.514.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:intel:crosswalk:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 9, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 16, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Aug 9, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 2, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Aug 1, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]