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CVE-2016-9651

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9651 is a critical vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 55.0.2883.75, specifically within the V8 JavaScript engine, affecting various Google and Red Hat enterprise Linux products. This flaw, rated 8.8 HIGH, allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code within a sandbox via a crafted HTML page, requiring user interaction but with low attack complexity. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-42175), and it garnered significant community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 55.0.2883.75CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation: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
11.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-42175 · Jun 14, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1118 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 14,824 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-0:55.0.2883.75-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-9651Important

chromium-browser: private property access in v8

Dec 1, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com / 664411
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201612-11
exploit-db.com / exploits/42175
securityfocus.com / bid/94633