CVE-2016-1669
HIGH severity · CVSS 8.8 · Memory corruption
8.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
The Zone::New function in zone.cc in Google V8 before 5.0.71.47, as used in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102, does not properly determine when to expand certain memory allocations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) 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)4%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00043.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00050.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00048.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00063.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1080.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590