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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2016-1699 json

WebKit/Source/devtools/front_end/devtools.js in the Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0…

published 2016-06-05 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-2794

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

WebKit/Source/devtools/front_end/devtools.js in the Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.79, does not ensure that the remoteFrontendUrl parameter is associated with a chrome-devtools-frontend.appspot.com URL, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted URL.

Patch / fix

  • oxide-qt Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.15.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • oxide-qt Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.15.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 51.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1121
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 51.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1242

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1699

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 51.0.2704.79-1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:1201

  • 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-2016-1699 updated cvss 4.3

chromium-browser: parameter sanitization failure in devtools

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 51.0.2704.79-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 51.0.2704.79-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 51.0.2704.79-1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1201

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

1.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

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.