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 to spoof the address bar via a crafted web site.

Published: 2016-05-14 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-1664 is rated Moderate Risk (44.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.06%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-1664

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-08-20 0.95% 1.06% +0.11%
2 2025-03-30 0.74% 0.95% +0.20%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.74% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-1664

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 1.4 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-1664

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-1664

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2016-1664: 1 GLSA(s) (201605-02), 1 atom(s) (www-client/chromium); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2016-1664
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1664
suse high CVE-2016-1664 severity important: SUSE including 8 source package names (chromedriver-55.0.2883.75-3.1, chromium-101.0.4951.64-bp154.1.2, …), 8 product×package rows across 5 product lines (openSUSE Leap 15.0, openSUSE Leap 15.2, … (5 product lines)): Fixed 8. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1664/
ubuntu medium CVE-2016-1664 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (chromium-browser, oxide-qt), 10 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, wily, xenial): released 4, not-affected 3, DNE 2, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1664

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-1664

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google chrome <= 50.0.2661.87 cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_supplementary 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus 6.7z cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus:6.7z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-1664

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