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CVE-2016-1686

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1686 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the CPDF_DIBSource::CreateDecoder function within PDFium, affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 51.0.2704.63, as well as various Linux distributions. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can be triggered remotely via a crafted PDF document, requiring user interaction, and primarily leads to a denial of service. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.

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

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0128 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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-0:51.0.2704.63-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-1686Moderate

chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in pdfium

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 / 1892143003
crbug.com / 603518
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201607-07
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3590
securityfocus.com / bid/90876
securitytracker.com / id/1035981