CVE-2016-1652

Publication date 18 April 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the ModuleSystem::RequireForJsInner function in extensions/renderer/module_system.cc in the Extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.75 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted web site, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
chromium-browser	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 50.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1237
	15.10 wily	Fixed 50.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.15.10.1.1227
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 50.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1117
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored
oxide-qt	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	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 6.1 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality impact	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.1 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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

CVE-2016-1652

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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