CVE-2016-1698

Description

The createCustomType function in extensions/renderer/resources/binding.js in the extension bindings in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.79 does not validate module types, which might allow attackers to load arbitrary modules or obtain sensitive information by leveraging a poisoned definition.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

References

• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/06/stable-channel-update.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00003.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00004.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3594
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036026
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1201
• https://codereview.chromium.org/1912783002
• https://crbug.com/603725
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/06/stable-channel-update.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00003.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00004.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3594
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036026
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1201
• https://codereview.chromium.org/1912783002
• https://crbug.com/603725

CWEs

CWE-200