CVE-2016-1706

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 9
Modified
Published: 23 Jul 2016, 19:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 23:02

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.6 CRITICAL
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.44% LOW
1% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Jul 2016, 19:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 23:02
Last Modified
Vulnerability 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

  • v3.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.6CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 9.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.44%• Percentile: 81%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • google•chrome

    ≤ 51.0.2704.106

References (11)