CVE-2016-5208
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CVE-2016-5208 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. Blink in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Linux and Windows, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed possible corruption of the DOM tree during synchronous event handling, which allowed a remote attacker to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML (UXSS) via a crafted HTML page.. EPSS estimates a 1.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Blink in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Linux and Windows, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed possible corruption of the DOM tree during synchronous event handling, which allowed a remote attacker to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML (UXSS) via a crafted HTML page.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Chrome | <= 54.0.2840.99 |
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- Status
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