CRITICAL
chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits
Published Mar 6, 2016
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.58%
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75 allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.
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.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.58% 0.01585
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01585
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.58% (0.01585) | 74.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.58% (0.01585) | 72.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.19% (0.02192) | 73.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.91% (0.00907) | 74.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.60% (0.00595) | 79.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 22, 2024 | 0.60% (0.00595) | 77.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.60% (0.00595) | 75.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 28, 2023 | 0.70% (0.00697) | 77.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.62% (0.00617) | 75.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (23)
- 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
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2920-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1642 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=472147 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=563964 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=565416 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=565424 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=582470 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=582697 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=582701 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=582707 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=589186 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314227 Issue Tracking
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=591402 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1642
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1642
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Chrome
Published Mar 6, 2016
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jan 12, 2016
Link CVE-2016-1642
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a