CVE-2016-1700

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-06-05 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

extensions/renderer/runtime_custom_bindings.cc in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.79 does not consider side effects during creation of an array of extension views, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to extensions.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0
Google Chrome: through 51.0.2704.63
openSUSE Leap: 42.1
Opensuse: 13.2
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0
SUSE Linux Enterprise: 12.0

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/06/stable-channel-update.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3594
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036026
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1201
https://codereview.chromium.org/1948773002
https://crbug.com/608104
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/06/stable-channel-update.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00004.html

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