CVE-2016-1646
HIGH severity · CVSS 8.8 · Out-of-bounds read · actively exploited (CISA KEV)
8.8CVSS HIGH ● exploited
🔴 Actively exploited in the wild (CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities).
Added to KEV 2022-06-08. US federal agencies must patch by 2022-06-22.
Summary
The Array.prototype.concat implementation in builtins.cc in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.108, does not properly consider element data types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)67%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (3)
Recommendation
This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild — patch affected products urgently. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update_24.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00000.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00001.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00039.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0525.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3531Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035423Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2955-1Advisory