CVE-2016-1678

high
Published 2016-06-05 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
8.8

Description

objects.cc in Google V8 before 5.0.71.32, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, does not properly restrict lazy deoptimization, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based 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

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse suse42.1affected
suse suse13.2affected
debian debian8.0affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu16.04affected
redhat rhel6.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gcp googlev8{"endIncluding":"5.0.71"}
gcp googlechrome{"endIncluding":"50.0.2661.102"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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