{"id":"CVE-2016-5127","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-5127","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:03:47.664Z","title":"Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit/Source/core/editing/VisibleUnits.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript…","description":"Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit/Source/core/editing/VisibleUnits.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code involving an @import at-rule in a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequence in conjunction with a rel=import attribute of a LINK element.","published":"2016-07-23T19:59:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:48:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["google/chrome"],"epss":{"score":0.01311,"percentile":0.70459,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.31%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/07/stable-channel-update.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00020.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00021.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00022.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00028.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1485.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3637","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92053","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036428","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3041-1","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://codereview.chromium.org/2082893005/","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://codereview.chromium.org/2091633002","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://crbug.com/618237","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/07/stable-channel-update.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00020.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00021.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00022.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00028.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1485.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3637","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92053","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036428","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3041-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://codereview.chromium.org/2082893005/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://codereview.chromium.org/2091633002","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://crbug.com/618237","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5127","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}