CVE-2016-1638
extensions/renderer/resources/platform_app.js in the Extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75 does not properly restrict use of Web APIs, which allows remote attackers to bypass
02 Description
extensions/renderer/resources/platform_app.js in the Extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75 does not properly restrict use of Web APIs, 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
- 1.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 64.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.3 (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:L/I:L/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. 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
- 2016-03-06 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
- CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4d311134cebbbb3d9900633eea90ef82cc41d445e4e034af7c78cb4288f29f05
05 Affected products
06 References
- code.google.comhttps://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=585282
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0664http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00014.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0684http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00018.html
- www.securityfocus.com84008http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84008
- www.debian.orgDSA-3507http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3507
- www.securitytracker.com1035185http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035185
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0729http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00028.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0665http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00015.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201603-09https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09
- codereview.chromium.orghttps://codereview.chromium.org/1744623002
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.comhttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update.html
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- chromium-browser Fixed in 49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1112
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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