CVE-2016-1634 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in the StyleResolver::appendCSSStyleSheet function within Blink, affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 49.0.2623.75. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts by enticing users to a crafted website that manipulates CSS style invalidation during subtree removal. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (High), exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacking public exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 48.0.2564.116CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.