CVE-2016-5164 is a Universal Cross-site Scripting (UXSS) vulnerability in the Blink rendering engine's V8Debugger.cpp, affecting Google Chrome and openSUSE versions prior to 53.0.2785.89/92. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into the Developer Tools subsystem via a crafted website. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.1), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and can lead to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 52.0.2743.116CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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