VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-1612

high
Published 2016-01-25 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
7.6
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.6

Description

The LoadIC::UpdateCaches function in ic/ic.cc in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.82, does not ensure receiver compatibility before performing a cast of an unspecified variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unknown other impact via crafted JavaScript code.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
84%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
gcp googlechrome{"endIncluding":"47.0.2526.106"}

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.