CVE-2016-1653
The LoadBuffer implementation in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.75, mishandles data types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified
02 Description
The LoadBuffer implementation in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.75, mishandles data types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-04-18 10:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 23:02Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-01-12
- Assigning CNA
- Chrome
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 04d58148587fe0a8d34a4c9dd9cf6d49d3e733d95b310410c24fc514c8d6154a
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1136http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00050.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1135http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00049.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0638http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0638.html
- crbug.comhttps://crbug.com/589792
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1060http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00040.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3549http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3549
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1061http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00041.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2955-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2955-1
- codereview.chromium.orghttps://codereview.chromium.org/1740123002
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.comhttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_13.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201605-02https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- chromium-browser Fixed in 50.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1117
- oxide-qt Fixed in 1.14.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- chromium-browser Fixed in 50.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1237
- libv8-3.14 No fix yet
- oxide-qt Fixed in 1.14.7-0ubuntu1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libv8-3.14 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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