CVE-2016-1660

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.94, mishandles assertions in the WTF::BitArray and WTF::double_conversion::Vector classes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted web site.

Affected products

Google Chrome: through 50.0.2661.87
Opensuse: 13.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary Eus: 6.7z
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary: 6.0

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_28.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00048.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0707.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3564
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89106
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2960-1
https://codereview.chromium.org/1672603002
https://codereview.chromium.org/1677363002
https://crbug.com/574802

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