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CVE-2016-1622

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 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: 2016-02-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.109 does not prevent use of the Object.defineProperty method to override intended extension behavior, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via crafted JavaScript code.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0
• Google Chrome: through 48.0.2564.103
• Opensuse: 13.1

References

• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/02/stable-channel-update_9.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00104.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00119.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0241.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3486
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83125
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035183
• https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=546677
• https://codereview.chromium.org/1417513003
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/02/stable-channel-update_9.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00104.html

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