CVE-2016-1655: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.75 does not properly consider that frame removal may occur during callback execution, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted extension.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 14.04 only; version 15.10 only; version 16.04 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Google Chrome: up to and including 49.0.2623.112
• Opensuse Leap: version 42.1 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise: version 12.0 only

Published 2016-04-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.