UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1691

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1691

    Published: 31 May 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-1691
    Aliases:
    USN-2992-1

    Summary:

    Details: Skia, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, mishandles coincidence runs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted curves, related to SkOpCoincidence.cpp and SkPathOpsCommon.cpp.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1691, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2992-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1691

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chromium-browser

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -51.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1121

    Affected versions

    29.0.1547.65-0ubuntu2

    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