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CVE-2016-1649

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1649 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in libANGLE's Program::getUniformInternal function, affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 49.0.2623.108, as well as other products from Canonical, Debian, and openSUSE. This flaw, rated with a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts through crafted shader stages, requiring user interaction. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, the vulnerability received limited community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
15.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0288 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 14,824 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-0:49.0.2623.108-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-1649Important

chromium-browser: buffer overflow in libANGLE

Mar 24, 2016

References

googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2016/03/stable-channel-update_24.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00039.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0525.html
chromium-review.googlesource.com / 334448
code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201605-02
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3531
securitytracker.com / id/1035423
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2955-1
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-224