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CVE-2016-1625

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1625 describes a vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 48.0.2564.109, specifically within its "Chrome Instant" feature. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions on New Tab Page (NTP) navigation targets, as the system fails to verify if the target is from the most-visited or suggestions list. With a CVSS v3 score of 4.3 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to a low impact on confidentiality (C:L), but has no impact on integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 48.0.2564.103CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0120 is in the 78th 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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-0:48.0.2564.109-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-1625Moderate

chromium-browser: navigation bypass in Chrome Instant

Feb 9, 2016

References

googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2016/02/stable-channel-update_9.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00104.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00119.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0241.html
code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
codereview.chromium.org / 1669723002
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201603-09
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3486
securityfocus.com / bid/83125
securitytracker.com / id/1035183