CVE-2016-1688
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
02 Description
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
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
- 2.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (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:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. 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
- 2016-06-05 23:00Z10 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
- e120748f77ffdd81d77c7d5e73a848093dcb1277b8b9a74f3613160dcb4dbc03
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com90876http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90876
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1496http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html
- www.securitytracker.com1035981http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035981
- www.debian.orgDSA-3590http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590
- crbug.comhttps://crbug.com/604897
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.comhttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2992-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2992-1
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1430http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1190https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190
- codereview.chromium.orghttps://codereview.chromium.org/1927003003
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201607-07https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-07
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1433http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- chromium-browser Fixed in 51.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1121
- oxide-qt Fixed in 1.15.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
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 51.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1242
- libv8-3.14 No fix yet
- oxide-qt Fixed in 1.15.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
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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