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CVE-2016-1639: google chrome

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-1639
Published 06-03-2016Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-1639 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 2.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 9.8 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 2% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.34%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 2
DSA-3507-1MGASA-2016-0127OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1RHSA-2016:0359

Timeline

  1. 06-03-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in browser/extensions/api/webrtc_audio_private/webrtc_audio_private_api.cc in the WebRTC Audio Private API implementation in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging incorrect reliance on the resource context pointer.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.34%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.34% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Google1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • chromium-browser< 49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1112

2 vendors · 2 products

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