CVE-2016-1690

Publication date 5 June 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
chromium-browser	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 51.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1242
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 51.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1121
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored
oxide-qt	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	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 7.5 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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

CVE-2016-1690

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

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