CVE-2016-1662: Google Chrome

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 3.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

extensions/renderer/gc_callback.cc in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.94 does not prevent fallback execution once the Garbage Collection callback has started, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: up to and including 50.0.2661.87
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 13.1 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary Eus: version 6.7z only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary: version 6.0 only

Published 2016-05-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.