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CVE-2016-1706

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Published: Jul 23, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

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9.6
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 6.0
Source: NVD

Description

The PPAPI implementation in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82 does not validate the origin of IPC messages to the plugin broker process that should have come from the browser process, which allows remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via an unexpected message type, related to broker_process_dispatcher.cc, ppapi_plugin_process_host.cc, ppapi_thread.cc, and render_frame_message_filter.cc.

Affected (1)

Products: Google: Chrome
Google
1 product
Chrome
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Chrome
Up to 51.0.2704.106

Related CWEs

CWE-20
Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (22)

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