CyberRota Analysis
This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. It affects Chrome, Java. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2016-5142
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
1.66%
Chrome Java
Original NVD Description
The Web Cryptography API (aka WebCrypto) implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.116, does not properly copy data buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code, related to NormalizeAlgorithm.cpp and SubtleCrypto.cpp.