CVE-2016-1698

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 51.0.2704.79 Opera (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the createCustomType function in the extensions/renderer/resources/binding.js module of the extension bindings. This function does not validate module types, which could allow remote attackers to load arbitrary modules or obtain sensitive information by leveraging a poisoned definition.

Recommendations For Google Chrome versions prior to 51.0.2704.79, update to version 51.0.2704.79 or later to resolve the issue. For Opera, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.