CVE-2016-5165

6.1 MEDIUM
Published: September 11, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the settings parameter in a chrome-devtools-frontend.appspot.com URL's query string.

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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:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00003.html
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00004.html
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00008.html
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00073.html
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1854.html
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3660
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92717
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036729
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
https://codereview.chromium.org/2177983004
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
https://crbug.com/618037
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00003.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00004.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00008.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00073.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1854.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3660
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92717
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036729
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://codereview.chromium.org/2177983004
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://crbug.com/618037
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
6.1 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.4%
62th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

Affected Vendors

opensuse google

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