CVE-2016-1641

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in content/browser/web_contents/web_contents_impl.cc in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering an image download after a certain data structure is deleted, as demonstrated by a favicon.ico download.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Mar 6, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-1641: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix