CVE-2016-1641 is a use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome, specifically within the content/browser/web_contents/web_contents_impl.cc component. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts by manipulating image downloads, such as favicon.ico, after a critical data structure has been deallocated. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered notable 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.