CVE-2016-2845

5.3 MEDIUM
Published: March 06, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

The Content Security Policy (CSP) implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75, does not ignore a URL's path component in the case of a ServiceWorker fetch, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about visited web pages by reading CSP violation reports, related to FrameFetchContext.cpp and ResourceFetcher.cpp.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update.html
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://homakov.blogspot.com/2014/01/using-content-security-policy-for-evil.html
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84168
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035185
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2920-1
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=542060
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=591402
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
https://codereview.chromium.org/1454003003/
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://homakov.blogspot.com/2014/01/using-content-security-policy-for-evil.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84168
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035185
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2920-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=542060
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=591402
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://codereview.chromium.org/1454003003/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.3 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.6%
71th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

Affected Vendors

google

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