UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1702

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1702

    Published: 6 Jun 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-1702
    Aliases:
    USN-2992-1

    Summary:

    Details: The SkRegion::readFromMemory function in core/SkRegion.cpp in Skia, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.79, does not validate the interval count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted serialized data.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1702, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/stable-channel-update.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2992-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1702

    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
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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