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
EPSS: 0.009 (57.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Google Chrome
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
- Opensuse — versions 13.1
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- 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_SUSE)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
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.