Vulnerability in Google Chrome
CVE-2016-1647
Use-after-free vulnerability in the RenderWidgetHostImpl::Destroy function in content/browser/renderer_host/render_widget_host_impl.cc in the Navigation implementation in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.108 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
EPSS: 0.021 (79.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Google Chrome
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 14.04, 15.10, 16.04
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
- Opensuse — versions 13.1
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-1647?
- CVE-2016-1647 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-03-29.
- How severe is CVE-2016-1647?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-1647 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.