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CVE-2016-1664
The HistoryController::UpdateForCommit function in content/renderer/history_controller.cc in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.94 mishandles…
Medium4.3EPSS 0.98%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Chrome
Description
The HistoryController::UpdateForCommit function in content/renderer/history_controller.cc in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.94 mishandles the interaction between subframe forward navigations and other forward navigations, which allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via a crafted web site.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Chrome
- 4 months later
· 4 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:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.98% · top 38% 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 (11)
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1208 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://crbug.com/597322 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3564 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1655 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1848813005/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1209 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 89106 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1207 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_28.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:0707 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201605-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_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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