CVE-2016-1670

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 7
Modified
Published: 14 May 2016, 21:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 23:02

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
21/100
CVSS Score
5.3 MEDIUM
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.68% LOW
1% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

14 May 2016, 21:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 23:02
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Race condition in the ResourceDispatcherHostImpl::BeginRequest function in content/browser/loader/resource_dispatcher_host_impl.cc in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102 allows remote attackers to make arbitrary HTTP requests by leveraging access to a renderer process and reusing a request ID.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.68%• Percentile: 72%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-362•Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

    The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0

  • google•chrome

    ≤ 50.0.2661.87

  • opensuse•opensuse

    13.1

References (12)