# CVE-2016-5202: browser/extensions/api/dial/dial\_registry.cc in Google Chrome before 54.0.2840.98 on macOS, before 54.0.2840.99 on Windows, and before 54.0.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-10-25 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- chromium-browser: before 54.0.2840.100

## Description

browser/extensions/api/dial/dial_registry.cc in Google Chrome before 54.0.2840.98 on macOS, before 54.0.2840.99 on Windows, and before 54.0.2840.100 on Linux neglects to copy a device ID before an erase() call, which causes the erase operation to access data that that erase operation will destroy.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5202
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-5202
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-5202
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-11/msg00029.html

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