CVSS 3.0
6.5 mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NCVE-2016-1698
The createCustomType function in extensions/renderer/resources/binding.js in the extension bindings in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.79 does not validate module types, which might allow attackers to load arbitrary modules or obtain sensitive information by leveraging a poisoned definition.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 64% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-200
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- debian:debian_linux
- google:chrome
- opensuse:leap
- opensuse:opensuse
- redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server
- redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation
- suse:linux_enterprise
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/06/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3594