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CVE-2016-1672

22
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 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
1.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0153 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 14,825 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, 0.2 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-0:51.0.2704.63-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-1672Important

chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in extension bindings

May 25, 2016

References

googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1190
codereview.chromium.org / 1748943002
crbug.com / 590118
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201607-07
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3590
securityfocus.com / bid/90876
securitytracker.com / id/1035981