{"cve":"CVE-2016-1706","nvd":{"published":"2016-07-23T19:59:01.590","modified":"2026-06-17T00:42:28.110","status":"Modified","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_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.6},"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/07/stable-channel-update.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00020.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00021.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00022.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00028.html"],"products":["google:chrome"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:40:10.783210791+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-1706","score":0.02178,"percentile":0.82344,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}