Denial of Service and Assertion Failure Vulnerability in Blink

CVE-2016-2844 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

WebKit/Source/core/layout/LayoutBlock.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75, does not properly determine when anonymous block wrappers may exist, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect cast and assertion failure) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.

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