CVE-2016-1627

High

Description

The Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.109 does not validate URL schemes and ensure that the remoteBase parameter is associated with a chrome-devtools-frontend.appspot.com URL, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted URL, related to browser/devtools/devtools_ui_bindings.cc and WebKit/Source/devtools/front_end/Runtime.js.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability—
ProductGoogle Chrome
PublishedFeb 14, 2016
First seenFeb 14, 2016

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
google chromev ≤ 48.0.2564.103—
opensuse opensuse13.1—
debian debian_linux8.0—

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CVE-2016-1627 · Google Chrome · Dark Radar