{"id":"CVE-2016-5161","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-5161","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:04:12.383Z","title":"The EditingStyle::mergeStyle function in WebKit/Source/core/editing/EditingStyle.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux, mishandles custom properties, which allows remote attackers…","description":"The EditingStyle::mergeStyle function in WebKit/Source/core/editing/EditingStyle.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux, mishandles custom properties, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted web site that leverages \"type confusion\" in the StylePropertySerializer class.","published":"2016-09-11T10:59:18.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:48:53.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-704"],"affected":["google/chrome","opensuse/leap"],"epss":{"score":0.01399,"percentile":0.72287,"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 (1.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00003.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00004.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00008.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00073.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1854.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3660","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92717","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036729","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-501/","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://codereview.chromium.org/2103043004","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://crbug.com/622420","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00003.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00004.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00008.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00073.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1854.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3660","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92717","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036729","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-501/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://codereview.chromium.org/2103043004","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://crbug.com/622420","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html","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-2016-5161","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."}