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TI-2016-01503 Aliases CVE-2016-1648GHSA-299f-r797-7j97

Use-after-free vulnerability in the GetLoadTimes function in…

Priority MEDIUM 42Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the GetLoadTimes function in renderer/loadtimes_extension_bindings.cc in the Extensions implementation in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.108 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01928 80th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 49.0.2623.95VulnerableGoogle
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*13.1VulnerableopenSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 49.0.2623.95 Vulnerable ·Google
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.1 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2016:0525 Released 2016-03-30 · Red Hat rating Important
    chromium-browser security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser-49.0.2623.108-1.el6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser-49.0.2623.108-1.el6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser-49.0.2623.108-1.el6

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2016:0525
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2016:0525
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2016:0525

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-1648
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-299f-r797-7j97

References

Advisory 6

Other 3

Sources

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