What is CVE-2016-1649?

CVE-2016-1649 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-03-29.

How severe is CVE-2016-1649?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-1649 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Google Chrome

CVE-2016-1649

The Program::getUniformInternal function in Program.cpp in libANGLE, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.108, does not properly handle a certain data-type mismatch, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted shader stages.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2016-03-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.029 (86.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Chrome
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 15.10, 16.04
Debian Linux — versions 8.0
openSUSE — versions 13.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0525.html (vendor-advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00039.html (vendor-advisory)
chromium-review.googlesource.com/334448
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update_24.html
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-224
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3531 (vendor-advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1035423 (vdb-entry)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1649?: CVE-2016-1649 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-03-29.
How severe is CVE-2016-1649?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-1649 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.