CVE-2016-1655 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome prior to version 50.0.2661.75, affecting various distributions including Canonical, Debian, Google, OpenSUSE, and SUSE. This flaw arises from improper handling of frame removal during callback execution, allowing remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts through a crafted extension. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (High), it presents a significant risk, requiring user interaction (UI:R) but having low attack complexity (AC:L) and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, despite some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 49.0.2623.112CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
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
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.