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CVE-2016-1654

The media subsystem in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.75 does not initialize an unspecified data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read operation) via unknown vectors.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity though user interaction is required and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 5 products from debian, from opensuse, from suse and 2 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

First disclosed in 2016, this vulnerability was reported during a period defined by widespread IoT adoption challenges, mobile security concerns, and the emergence of advanced persistent threat (APT) techniques. Contemporary mitigation strategies focused on secure development practices and third-party component vetting.

Published

2016-04-18T10:59:03.047

Last Modified

2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	leap	42.1	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise	12.0	Yes
Application	google	chrome	≤ 49.0.2623.112	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	15.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.04	Yes

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_13.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00040.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00041.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00049.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00050.html ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0638.html ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3549 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2955-1 ([email protected])
https://crbug.com/589512 ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02 ([email protected])
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_13.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00040.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00041.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00049.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00050.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0638.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3549 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2955-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://crbug.com/589512 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For debian's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.