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CVE-2016-1688 (GCVE-0-2016-1688)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-06-05 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:02
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2992-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://codereview.chromium.org/1927003003 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-07 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Date Public
2016-05-25 00:00
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