CVE-2016-1642: google chrome
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-1642 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 1.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
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?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 3Timeline
- 06-03-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75 allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.58%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
76%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.58% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu2 products
- chromium-browser< 49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1112
- oxide-qt< 1.13.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Google1 product
- chrome≤ 48.0.2564.116
2 vendors · 3 products
References
23 links- bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=563964X Refsource CONFIRM
- bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=582707X Refsource CONFIRM
- bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=565416X Refsource CONFIRM
- bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=472147X Refsource CONFIRM
- bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=582697X Refsource CONFIRM
Show all 23 references
- code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=591402X Refsource CONFIRM
- bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=582701X Refsource CONFIRM
- bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=565424X Refsource CONFIRM
- bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=582470X Refsource CONFIRM
- bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=589186X Refsource CONFIRM
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM