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CVE-2016-1674

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1674 is a high-severity vulnerability in the extensions subsystem of Google Chrome, affecting versions prior to 51.0.2704.63, as well as various Linux distributions. It allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy through unspecified vectors. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a high potential for impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and can be exploited with low attack complexity. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered significant community attention and media coverage, suggesting awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server: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
1.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0164 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 14,848 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-2016-1674Important

chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in extensions

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 / 598165
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201607-07
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3590
securityfocus.com / bid/90876
securitytracker.com / id/1035981