CVE-2016-1622
The Extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.109 does not prevent use of the Object.defineProperty method to override intended extension behavior, which allows remote attackers to bypass
02 Description
The Extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.109 does not prevent use of the Object.defineProperty method to override intended extension behavior, which allows remote attackers to bypass
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 70.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-02-14 02:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 23:02Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-01-12
- Assigning CNA
- Chrome
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1e3e724cf653360d04f5fa6a2e3dc392cfe3da0611b57a279026260d7a18151f
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com83125http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83125
- www.securitytracker.com1035183http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035183
- code.google.comhttps://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=546677
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.comhttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/02/stable-channel-update_9.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201603-09https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0491http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00104.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0518http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00119.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3486http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3486
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0241http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0241.html
- codereview.chromium.orghttps://codereview.chromium.org/1417513003
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- chromium-browser Fixed in 48.0.2564.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1111
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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