Vulnerability in Google Chrome
CVE-2016-1655
Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.75 does not properly consider that frame removal may occur during callback execution, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted extension.
EPSS: 0.021 (80.2th 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 Leap — versions 42.1
- Suse Linux_enterprise — versions 12.0
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- 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_SUSE)
- 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 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- 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_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-1655?
- CVE-2016-1655 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-04-18.
- How severe is CVE-2016-1655?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.