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CVE-2016-1673

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1673 describes a Same Origin Policy (SOP) bypass vulnerability in Blink, the rendering engine used by Google Chrome prior to version 51.0.2704.63, affecting various Linux distributions. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) could allow remote attackers to bypass security restrictions, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 50.0.2661.102CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0159 is in the 72nd 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-0:51.0.2704.63-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-1673Important

chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in blink

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
crbug.com / 597532
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201607-07
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3590
securityfocus.com / bid/90876
securitytracker.com / id/1035981
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2992-1