CVE-2016-1638

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-03-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

extensions/renderer/resources/platform_app.js in the Extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75 does not properly restrict use of Web APIs, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted platform app.

Affected products

Google Chrome: through 48.0.2564.116

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00014.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00015.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00018.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00028.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3507
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84008
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035185
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=585282
https://codereview.chromium.org/1744623002
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update.html

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