# CVE-2016-1639: Use-after-free vulnerability in browser/extensions/api/webrtc\_audio\_private/webrtc\_audio\_private\_api.cc in the WebRTC Audio Private API impl

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-03-06 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in browser/extensions/api/webrtc_audio_private/webrtc_audio_private_api.cc in the WebRTC Audio Private API implementation in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging incorrect reliance on the resource context pointer.

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## References

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00018.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84008
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3507
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035185
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1703733002
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00028.html
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=572224
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00015.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update.html

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