CVE-2016-1632

Publication date 6 March 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

The Extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75 does not properly maintain own properties, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via crafted JavaScript code that triggers an incorrect cast, related to extensions/renderer/v8_helpers.h and gin/converter.h.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 15.10 wily
Fixed 49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu0.15.10.1.1222
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1112
12.04 LTS precise Ignored
oxide-qt 15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.8 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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