CVE-2016-5672

HIGH 8.1CVE-2016-5672 · Published 01/08/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-5672 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability affecting crosswalk (intel).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.7%, higher than 77.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
crosswalk intel	`≤ 19.49.514.4`	No fix yet

Description

Intel Crosswalk before 19.49.514.5, 20.x before 20.50.533.11, 21.x before 21.51.546.0, and 22.x before 22.51.549.0 interprets a user's acceptance of one invalid X.509 certificate to mean that all invalid X.509 certificates should be accepted without prompting, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/138107/Intel-Crosswalk-Project-Man-In-The-Middle.html · Third Party Advisory
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/217871 · Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com/archive/1/539051/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/92199 · Third Party Advisory
blogs.intel.com/evangelists/2016/07/28/crosswalk-security-vulnerability · Vendor Advisory
crosswalk-project.org/jira/browse/XWALK-6986 · Permissions Required
lists.crosswalk-project.org/pipermail/crosswalk-help/2016-July/002167.html · Vendor Advisory
wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/07/29/advisory-intel-crosswalk-ssl-prompt-issue · Third Party Advisory

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