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CVE-2016-1663

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1663 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the V8 bindings of Blink, affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 50.0.2661.94, as well as products from OpenSUSE and Red Hat. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially achieve further impact through a crafted website. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.7zCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus:6.7z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0101 is in the 60th 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-0:50.0.2661.94-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-1663Important

chromium-browser: use-after-free in blink's v8 bindings

Apr 28, 2016

References

googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2016/04/stable-channel-update_28.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00048.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0707.html
codereview.chromium.org / 1904913002
crbug.com / 603987
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201605-02
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3564
securityfocus.com / bid/89106
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2960-1