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CVE-2016-1618

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1618 describes a vulnerability in Blink, the rendering engine used by Google Chrome prior to version 48.0.2564.82. This flaw involves the improper use of a cryptographically secure random number generator, making it easier for remote attackers to bypass cryptographic protections. With a CVSS v3 score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability could lead to high confidentiality impact through network-based attacks requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit modules available, though it has garnered 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

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0134 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 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-2016-1618Moderate

chromium-browser: weak random number generator in Blink

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 / 1419293005
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201603-09
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3456
securityfocus.com / bid/81430
securitytracker.com / id/1034801
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2877-1