chromium-browser: buffer overflow in libANGLE
Published Mar 29, 2016
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.88%
Description
The Program::getUniformInternal function in Program.cpp in libANGLE, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.108, does not properly handle a certain data-type mismatch, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted shader stages.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 8.0
Configuration 2
- 14.04
- 15.10
- 16.04
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:49.0.2623.108-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0525
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:49.0.2623.108-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0525 |
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:C/I:C/A:C
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 (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.88% (0.02876) | 86.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.88% (0.02876) | 84.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.43% (0.02427) | 83.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 21.77% (0.21766) | 93.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.43% (0.02427) | 84.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 10.88% (0.10883) | 95.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 4, 2024 | 10.88% (0.10883) | 95.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 22, 2024 | 4.18% (0.04182) | 92.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 28, 2024 | 2.99% (0.02994) | 90.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 15, 2023 | 2.13% (0.02134) | 88.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 1.97% (0.01969) | 87.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00945) | 80.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 22, 2023 | 0.80% (0.00798) | 79.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 11, 2023 | 0.61% (0.00606) | 75.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.52% (0.00515) | 73.09th | 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 (16)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update_24.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00039.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0525.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3531 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035423 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2955-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-224 x_refsource_MISC
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1649 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1321815 Issue Tracking
- https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/334448 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=595836 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1649
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1649
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