CVE-2016-1618

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-01-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.82, does not ensure that a proper cryptographicallyRandomValues random number generator is used, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Google Chrome: through 47.0.2526.106

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/01/stable-channel-update_20.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00035.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00036.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00046.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0072.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3456
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81430
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034801
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2877-1
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=552749
https://codereview.chromium.org/1419293005
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09

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