CVE-2016-1668

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: 2016-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

The forEachForBinding function in WebKit/Source/bindings/core/v8/Iterable.h in the V8 bindings in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102, uses an improper creation context, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted web site.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0
Google Chrome: through 50.0.2661.87
Opensuse: 13.1

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00043.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00050.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00048.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1080.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90584
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035872
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2960-1
https://codereview.chromium.org/1960013002
https://crbug.com/605910
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02

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