CVE-2016-1664
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.98%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.98% probability · 62th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-254
- Affected
- google/chrome · redhat/enterprise linux desktop supplementary · redhat/enterprise linux server supplementary · redhat/enterprise linux server supplementary eus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation supplementary · opensuse/opensuse
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 1.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_28.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00048.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0707.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3564
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89106
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1848813005/
- https://crbug.com/597322
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_28.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00048.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0707.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3564
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89106
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1848813005/
- https://crbug.com/597322
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.