CVE-2016-1688

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    CVE-2016-1688

    Published: 5 Jun 2016Last Modified: 5 Sept 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90876, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035981, https://codereview.chromium.org/1927003003, https://crbug.com/604897, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2992-1, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-07, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    5.0.71

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High