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CVE-2016-1658

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1658 describes a vulnerability in the Extensions subsystem of Google Chrome versions prior to 50.0.2661.75, also affecting Debian, Novell, and OpenSUSE. This flaw allowed remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and access sensitive information through a specially crafted extension due to incorrect origin comparisons. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 4.3), exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to a low impact on confidentiality (C:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low-profile vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_package_hub_for_suse_linux_enterprise:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 49.0.2623.112CPE 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
1.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0140 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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-0:50.0.2661.75-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-1658Low

chromium-browser: potential leak of sensitive information to malicious extensions

Apr 13, 2016

References

googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2016/04/stable-channel-update_13.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00040.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00041.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00049.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00050.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0638.html
codereview.chromium.org / 1658913002
crbug.com / 573317
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201605-02
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3549