CVE-2016-2844 Information

Description

WebKit/Source/core/layout/LayoutBlock.cpp in Blink as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75 does not properly determine when anonymous block wrappers may exist which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect cast and assertion failure) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84170 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035185 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2920-1 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=546849 https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=591402 https://codereview.chromium.org/1423573002

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8