CVE-2016-1669

high
Published 2016-05-14 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
9.3
VIR risk
8.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1669

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1669.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu16.04affected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.4.6~dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.4.6~dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.4.6~dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed4.4.6~dfsg-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.4.6~dfsg-1
debian debian8.0affected
suse suse13.1affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gcp googlechrome{"endIncluding":"50.0.2661.87"}
gcp googlev8{"endIncluding":"5.0.71"}
nodejs nodejsnode.js{"startIncluding":"0.10.0","endExcluding":"0.10.46"}0.10.46

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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