chromium-browser: information leak in extension bindings
Published Jun 5, 2016
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.06%
Description
The createCustomType function in extensions/renderer/resources/binding.js in the extension bindings in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.79 does not validate module types, which might allow attackers to load arbitrary modules or obtain sensitive information by leveraging a poisoned definition.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 8.0
- 42.1
- 13.2
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 12.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:51.0.2704.79-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1201
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:51.0.2704.79-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1201 |
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:N/A:N
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.06% (0.01058) | 63.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.06% (0.01058) | 59.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.83% (0.00827) | 72.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.40% (0.00397) | 74.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.40% (0.00397) | 72.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.40% (0.00397) | 70.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.24% (0.00238) | 60.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/06/stable-channel-update.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3594 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036026 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1201 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1698 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1342003 Issue Tracking
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1912783002 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/603725 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1698
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1698
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/06/stable-channel-update.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00003.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00004.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3594 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036026 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1201 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1698 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1342003 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://codereview.chromium.org/1912783002 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://crbug.com/603725 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1698 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1698 |
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