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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2016-1650 json

The PageCaptureSaveAsMHTMLFunction::ReturnFailure function in browser/extensions/api/page_capture/page_capture_api.cc in Google Chrome befo…

published 2016-03-29 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-2745

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The PageCaptureSaveAsMHTMLFunction::ReturnFailure function in browser/extensions/api/page_capture/page_capture_api.cc in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.108 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering an error in creating an MHTML document.

Patch / fix

  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 49.0.2623.108-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1113
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 49.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.1233

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1650

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 49.0.2623.108-1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:0525

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 55.0.2883.75-3.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-1650 updated cvss 6.8

chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits

  • 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
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0525

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

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References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.