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CVE-2016-1666

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1666 describes multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome prior to version 50.0.2661.94, also affecting OpenSUSE and Red Hat. With a critical CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to cause a denial of service and potentially achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. Although no public exploit code exists (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating notable attention despite no active exploitation or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0143 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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-0:50.0.2661.94-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-1666Important

chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits

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
bugs.chromium.org / p/chromium/issues/detail
bugs.chromium.org / p/chromium/issues/detail
crbug.com / 607652
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201605-02
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3564
securityfocus.com / bid/89106
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2960-1