CVE-2016-1627

Publication date 14 February 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

The Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.109 does not validate URL schemes and ensure that the remoteBase parameter is associated with a chrome-devtools-frontend.appspot.com URL, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted URL, related to browser/devtools/devtools_ui_bindings.cc and WebKit/Source/devtools/front_end/Runtime.js.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 15.10 wily
Fixed 48.0.2564.116-0ubuntu0.15.10.1.1221
15.04 vivid Ignored end of life, was needed
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 48.0.2564.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1111
12.04 LTS precise Ignored
oxide-qt 15.10 wily
Not affected
15.04 vivid
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.8 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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