Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Apr 18, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-1658
CVE-2016-1658
Description
The Extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.75 incorrectly relies on GetOrigin method calls for origin comparisons, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via a crafted extension.
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Affected products
6- cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_package_hub_for_suse_linux_enterprise:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
10- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_13.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00040.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00041.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00049.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00050.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0638.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3549nvd
- codereview.chromium.org/1658913002nvd
- crbug.com/573317nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02nvd
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