High severity · published May 14, 2016
CVE-2016-1669
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…
8.8
CVSS
4.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.2% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Chrome · Google
through 50.0.2661.87 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
NO
Node.js · Nodejs
0.10.0 before 0.10.46; 0.12.0 before 0.12.15; 4.0.0 through 4.1.2; 4.2.0 before 4.4.6; 5.0.0 before 5.12.0; 6.0.0 through 6.2.0 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
13.1 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 15.10; 16.04 · source: NVD
V8
V8 · Google
through 5.0.71 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1669
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1669
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00043.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00050.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00048.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00063.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1080.html
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