The ImageInputType::ensurePrimaryContent function in WebKit/Source/core/html/forms/ImageInputType.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.87, does not properly maintain the user agent shadow DOM, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that leverage "type confusion."
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:02:12.505Z

Reserved: 2016-01-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-1643

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-03-13T22:59:02.983

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-1643

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-1643 - Bugzilla

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