Vulnerability in Google Chrome
CVE-2016-1670
Race condition in the ResourceDispatcherHostImpl::BeginRequest function in content/browser/loader/resource_dispatcher_host_impl.cc in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102 allows remote attackers to make arbitrary HTTP requests by leveraging access to a renderer process and reusing a request ID.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (59.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Google Chrome
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0
- openSUSE — versions 13.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/90584 (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1035872 (vdb-entry)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1080.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00043.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00048.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590 (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2960-1 (vendor-advisory)
- crbug.com/578882
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html
- codereview.chromium.org/1608573002
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-1670?
- CVE-2016-1670 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-05-14.
- How severe is CVE-2016-1670?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.