CVE-2016-1662

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

extensions/renderer/gc_callback.cc in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.94 does not prevent fallback execution once the Garbage Collection callback has started, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Affected products

Google Chrome: through 50.0.2661.87
Opensuse: 13.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary Eus: 6.7z
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary: 6.0

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_28.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00048.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0707.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3564
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89106
https://codereview.chromium.org/1887423002
https://crbug.com/603732
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_28.html

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