CVE-2016-5161: Google Chrome

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

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.