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CVE-2016-9651: google chrome Code Injection

CVSS: 8.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-9651
Published 09-01-2019Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-9651 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Code Injection vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 11.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
47/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
11.18%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 4
DSA-3731-1MGASA-2016-0419OPENSUSE-SU-2017:0563-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1RHSA-2016:2919

Timeline

  1. 09-01-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A missing check for whether a property of a JS object is private in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

11.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 11.18% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
11.18%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • exploit-databaseremoteandroidUnverified

    Google Chrome - V8 Private Property Arbitrary Code Execution

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat3 products
Ubuntu3 products
  • chromium-browser< 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172 | < 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263
  • libv8-3.14All versions (No fix recorded)
  • oxide-qt< 1.19.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 1.19.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Google1 product
  • chrome≥ unspecified, < 55.0.2883.75 | < 55.0.2883.75

3 vendors · 7 products

References

10 links