CVE-2016-5156: Google Chrome

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

extensions/renderer/event_bindings.cc in the event bindings in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux attempts to process filtered events after failure to add an event matcher, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: up to and including 52.0.2743.116
• Opensuse Leap: version 42.1 only

Published 2016-09-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.