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high 8.8

CVE-2016-2844 json

WebKit/Source/core/layout/LayoutBlock.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75, does not properly determine when anonymou…

published 2016-03-06 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-3917

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

WebKit/Source/core/layout/LayoutBlock.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75, does not properly determine when anonymous block wrappers may exist, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect cast and assertion failure) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.

Patch / fix

  • oxide-qt Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.13.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1112

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2844

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 49.0.2623.75-1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:0359

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-2844 updated cvss 4.3

chromium-browser: LayoutBlock.cpp in Blink does not properly determine when anonymous block wrappers may exist

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 49.0.2623.75-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 49.0.2623.75-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 49.0.2623.75-1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0359

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
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References

Sources

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