CVE-2016-5672

HighCVSS 8.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20 CWE-310

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138107/Intel-Crosswalk-Project-Man-In-The-Middle.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/217871Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539051/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92199Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://blogs.intel.com/evangelists/2016/07/28/crosswalk-security-vulnerability/Vendor Advisory
https://crosswalk-project.org/jira/browse/XWALK-6986Permissions Required, Technical Description
https://lists.crosswalk-project.org/pipermail/crosswalk-help/2016-July/002167.htmlVendor Advisory
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/07/29/advisory-intel-crosswalk-ssl-prompt-issueThird Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138107/Intel-Crosswalk-Project-Man-In-The-Middle.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/217871Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539051/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92199Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://blogs.intel.com/evangelists/2016/07/28/crosswalk-security-vulnerability/Vendor Advisory
https://crosswalk-project.org/jira/browse/XWALK-6986Permissions Required, Technical Description
https://lists.crosswalk-project.org/pipermail/crosswalk-help/2016-July/002167.htmlVendor Advisory
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/07/29/advisory-intel-crosswalk-ssl-prompt-issueThird Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 1, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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