CVE-2016-1706 describes a critical vulnerability in Google Chrome's PPAPI implementation prior to version 52.0.2743.82. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass sandbox protections by sending unexpected IPC messages to the plugin broker process, which should only originate from the browser process. With a CVSS v3 score of 9.6 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity, requires user interaction, and could lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is reported, the vulnerability garnered significant community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 51.0.2704.106CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.8 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.