CVE-2016-1696
The extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.79 does not properly restrict bindings access, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via unspecified vectors.
02 Description
The extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.79 does not properly restrict bindings access, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via unspecified vectors.
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
- 1.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 68.7% 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
- 2016-06-05 23:00Z10 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
- 85fe9408f3ed67690890848984dca9dfb449a2da95b56ba11786d027b0ce4fa2
05 Affected products
06 References
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.comhttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/06/stable-channel-update.html
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1201https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1201
- codereview.chromium.orghttps://codereview.chromium.org/1866103002
- www.securitytracker.com1036026http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036026
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1496http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html
- crbug.comhttps://crbug.com/601073
- www.debian.orgDSA-3594http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3594
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1490http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00004.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1489http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00003.html
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- chromium-browser Fixed in 51.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1121
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- chromium-browser Fixed in 51.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1242
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.