CVE-2016-7549 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 53.0.2785.113. This flaw allows a remote attacker, by leveraging access to a renderer process, to cause an application crash due to an invalid pointer dereference when an IPC message is sent to an invalid RenderFrame or RenderWidget. Rated with a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 53.0.2785.101CPE 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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