CVE-2016-1696

high
Published 2016-06-05 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
8.8

Description

The extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.79 does not properly restrict bindings access, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse suse42.1affected
suse suse13.2affected
debian debian8.0affected
redhat rhel6.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gcp googlechrome{"endIncluding":"51.0.2704.63"}

References

CWEs

CWE-254 CWE-284

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.