CVE-2016-1670

Publication date 13 May 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

Race condition in the ResourceDispatcherHostImpl::BeginRequest function in content/browser/loader/resource_dispatcher_host_impl.cc in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102 allows remote attackers to make arbitrary HTTP requests by leveraging access to a renderer process and reusing a request ID.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 50.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1237
15.10 wily
Fixed 50.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.15.10.1.1227
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 50.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1117
12.04 LTS precise Ignored
oxide-qt 16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.14.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
15.10 wily
Fixed 1.14.9-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.14.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.3 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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