9.6

CVE-2016-1706: google chrome Improper Input Validation

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-1706
Published 23-07-2016Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-1706 is a critical (CVSS 9.6) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 2.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 9.6 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 2% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.6/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.18%
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 8 · Related 5
DSA-3637-1MGASA-2016-0274OPENSUSE-SU-2016:1868-1OPENSUSE-SU-2016:1869-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

Timeline

  1. 23-07-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The PPAPI implementation in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82 does not validate the origin of IPC messages to the plugin broker process that should have come from the browser process, which allows remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via an unexpected message type, related to broker_process_dispatcher.cc, ppapi_plugin_process_host.cc, ppapi_thread.cc, and render_frame_message_filter.cc.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.18% 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

Affected systems

Version check

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

Ubuntu2 products
  • chromium-browser< 52.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1134 | < 52.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1250
  • oxide-qt< 1.16.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 1.16.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Google1 product

2 vendors · 3 products

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