7.5
HIGH
CVE-2016-1690
Google Chrome Autofill JavaScript Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Description

The Autofill implementation in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63 mishandles the interaction between field updates and JavaScript code that triggers a frame deletion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted web site, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1701.

INFO

Published Date :

June 5, 2016, 11:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-1690 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
1 Opensuse leap
2 Opensuse opensuse
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Google chrome
1 Suse linux_enterprise

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-1690 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-1690 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Source Update by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source Google Inc. Chrome
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90876 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035981 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://codereview.chromium.org/1960023002 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://crbug.com/608100 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-07 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://codereview.chromium.org/1960023002
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://crbug.com/608100
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035981
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90876
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-07
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-07 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90876 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 02, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:50.0.2661.102:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:50.0.2661.102:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://codereview.chromium.org/1960023002 No Types Assigned https://codereview.chromium.org/1960023002 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035981 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035981 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://crbug.com/608100 No Types Assigned https://crbug.com/608100 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035981
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 06, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Evaluator Description <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html">CWE-416: Use After Free</a>
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:50.0.2661.102:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html No Types Assigned http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html Advisory
    Added CWE NVD-CWE-Other
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 06, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-1690 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-1690 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.89 }} 0.07%

score

0.80855

percentile

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