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CVE-2016-3679

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3679 describes multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google V8, specifically versions before 4.9.385.33, as integrated into Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.108, and also affecting Canonical and OpenSUSE. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to a denial of service or potentially have high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.9.385CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:v8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
15.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0122 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 14,825 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:49.0.2623.108-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-3679Important

chromium-browser: multiple unspecified vulnerabilities

Mar 24, 2016

References

googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2016/03/stable-channel-update_24.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00039.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0525.html
securitytracker.com / id/1035423
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2955-1
Third Party Advisory