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CVE-2016-1613

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1613 describes multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities within the PDFium formfiller implementation, affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 48.0.2564.82. These flaws stem from improper tracking of IPWL_FocusHandler and IPWL_Provider object destruction. With a CVSS score of 7.6 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low complexity via user interaction (opening a crafted PDF), potentially leading to a denial of service, information disclosure, or integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 47.0.2526.106CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.6HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0109 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 14,855 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

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-0:48.0.2564.82-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-1613Important

chromium-browser: use-after-free in PDFium

Jan 20, 2016

References

googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2016/01/stable-channel-update_20.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00035.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00036.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00046.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0072.html
code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
codereview.chromium.org / 1564773003
pdfium.googlesource.com / pdfium/+/dcac57bc8b64fdc870d79d11a498ae7021cf8ae7
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201603-09
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3456
securityfocus.com / bid/81430
securitytracker.com / id/1034801