chromium-browser: use-after-free in extensions
Published Jul 23, 2016
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.00%
Description
The Chrome Web Store inline-installation implementation in the Extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82 does not properly consider object lifetimes during progress observation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted web site.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:52.0.2743.82-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1485
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:52.0.2743.82-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1485 |
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 2, 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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.00% (0.00995) | 61.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.98% (0.00981) | 57.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.08% (0.01079) | 76.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.95% (0.00946) | 83.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 10, 2024 | 0.95% (0.00946) | 82.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.87% (0.00871) | 80.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 26, 2023 | 0.73% (0.00731) | 78.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 14, 2023 | 0.69% (0.00687) | 77.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.61% (0.00613) | 75.41th | 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/2016/07/stable-channel-update.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00020.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00021.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00022.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00028.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1485.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3637 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92053 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036428 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1708 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358632 Issue Tracking
- https://codereview.chromium.org/2103663002 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/613949 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/07/stable-channel-update.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1708
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1708
Change history (0)
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