CVE-2016-1664: Google Chrome

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The HistoryController::UpdateForCommit function in content/renderer/history_controller.cc in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.94 mishandles the interaction between subframe forward navigations and other forward navigations, which allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via a crafted web site.

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.