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CVE-2016-1659

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1659 describes multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome versions prior to 50.0.2661.75, impacting various distributions including Canonical, Debian, Google, OpenSUSE, and SUSE. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS v3 score of 9.8, indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0146 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 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-2016-1659Important

chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits

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
crbug.com / 602697
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201605-02
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3549
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2955-1