What is CVE-2016-1702?

CVE-2016-1702 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-06-05.

How severe is CVE-2016-1702?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Google Chrome

CVE-2016-1702

The SkRegion::readFromMemory function in core/SkRegion.cpp in Skia, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.79, does not validate the interval count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted serialized data.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2016-06-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (67.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 67.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Chrome
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 15.10, 16.04
Debian Linux — versions 8.0
openSUSE Leap — versions 42.1
openSUSE — versions 13.2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 6.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 6.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 6.0
SUSE Linux Enterprise — versions 12.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/06/stable-channel-update.html
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1201 (vendor-advisory)
codereview.chromium.org/1961463003
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036026 (vdb-entry)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html (vendor-advisory)
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2992-1 (vendor-advisory)
crbug.com/609260
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3594 (vendor-advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00003.html (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1702?: CVE-2016-1702 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-06-05.
How severe is CVE-2016-1702?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.