CVE-2016-5142 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Web Cryptography API (WebCrypto) implementation within Blink, affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 52.0.2743.116. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts through crafted JavaScript, requiring no user interaction. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability garnered significant community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 52.0.2743.82CPE 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:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.