chromium-browser: bad cast in Extensions
Published Mar 6, 2016
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.35%
Description
The Extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75 does not properly maintain own properties, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via crafted JavaScript code that triggers an incorrect cast, related to extensions/renderer/v8_helpers.h and gin/converter.h.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:49.0.2623.75-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0359
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:49.0.2623.75-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0359 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.35% (0.01347) | 70.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.35% (0.01347) | 67.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.86% (0.00858) | 73.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.07% (0.01066) | 84.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 22, 2023 | 1.07% (0.01066) | 82.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.98% (0.00982) | 81.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 78.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 76.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 55.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00014.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00015.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00018.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00028.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3507 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84008 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035185 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1632 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314216 Issue Tracking
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=549986 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1433293004 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1632
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1632
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