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CVE-2016-1701

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1701 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in the Autofill implementation of Google Chrome versions prior to 51.0.2704.79, affecting products like Debian, Google Chrome, openSUSE, Red Hat, and SUSE. This vulnerability, with a CVSSv3 score of 8.8 (High), allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts through a crafted website. The attack requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and no authentication (PR:N). There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, with only one mention and one article identified.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 51.0.2704.63CPE 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
0.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0095 is in the 59th 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-0:51.0.2704.79-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-1701Moderate

chromium-browser: use-after-free in autofill

Jun 1, 2016

References

googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2016/06/stable-channel-update.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1201
codereview.chromium.org / 1960023002
crbug.com / 608101
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3594
securitytracker.com / id/1036026