CVE-2016-1688
The regexp (aka regular expression) implementation in Google V8 before 5.0.71.40, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, mishandles external string sizes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted JavaScript code.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 6.5 Medium
- Status
- Modified - chrome-cve-admin@google.com
- Published
- 2016-06-05
- Last modified
- 2024-08-05
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Affected products
- Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
- Debian Linux (Debian)
- Chrome (Google)
- V8 (Google)
- Leap (Opensuse)
- Opensuse (Opensuse)
- Enterprise Linux Desktop (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Workstation (Redhat)
- Linux Enterprise (Suse)
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90876
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035981
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2992-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1927003003
- https://crbug.com/604897
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-07
