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CVE-2016-1658
The Extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.75 incorrectly relies on GetOrigin method calls for origin comparisons, which…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Chrome
Description
The Extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.75 incorrectly relies on GetOrigin method calls for origin comparisons, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via a crafted extension.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Chrome
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1136 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1658913002 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1135 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:0638 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-3549 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1061 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_13.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201605-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://crbug.com/573317 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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