CVE-2016-1672 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Google Chrome and related distributions like Debian, OpenSUSE, Red Hat, and SUSE. It involves a flaw in the extension bindings' ModuleSystem::RequireForJsInner function, allowing remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy through bindings-interception attacks. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, and while it has received some community discussion and media coverage, it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 50.0.2661.102CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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