CVE-2016-5136 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Extensions subsystem of Google Chrome, specifically within extensions/renderer/user_script_injector.cc, affecting versions prior to 52.0.2743.82. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts through script deletion. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (HIGH), it is easily exploitable over the network with user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit codes available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 51.0.2704.106CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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