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CVE-2016-1690

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1690 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in the Autofill implementation of Google Chrome versions prior to 51.0.2704.63, also affecting various Linux distributions. This flaw allows a remote attacker to trigger a denial of service or potentially other unspecified impacts through a crafted website. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), exploitation requires user interaction and has high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog. Despite limited community discussion, the vulnerability received media coverage at the time of disclosure.

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

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0104 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 1,571 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.4 Bluesky, 0.2 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.6 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-2016-1690Moderate

chromium-browser: heap use-after-free in autofill

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 / 1960023002
crbug.com / 608100
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201607-07
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3590
securityfocus.com / bid/90876
securitytracker.com / id/1035981