Arbitrary Code Execution via DOM Tree Corruption in Google Chrome

CVE-2016-5207 · MEDIUM Severity

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

In Blink in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android, corruption of the DOM tree could occur during the removal of a full screen element, which allowed a remote attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution via a crafted HTML page.

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